subsample 1975{1997. It extends the analytical framework of Card and Lemieux (2001) which simultaneously includes skill and age … as important dimensions of heterogeneity. After having identified cohort effects in skill wage premia and in the … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill …

skill-biased technical change effects are most evident prior to 1983. This predates the diffusion of personal computer … price-induced substitution, nonhomothetic output effects and skill-biased technical change responses to a range of proposed …

skill bias, the new technology is bearing a strong polarization between educated worker, not always employed in high skilled …

, the theoretical and policy debate largely revolves around the role ICT play in the structural dynamics of the labour … effect of ICT remains elusive. This report provides an overview of current perspectives on the employment impact of ICT. The … employment and ICT. This assessment is needed in order to capture the full complexity of the factors influencing this relation …

This report surveys the literature on the employment impact of ICT. Two competing views - compensation and substitution … evidence, a consensus regarding the employment effect of ICT remains elusive. While there are many empirical studies on … technological progress in general, few are based on specific ICT indicators. Our review devotes equal space to each mainstream …

It is shown that an economy where agents with one dimensional skill choose among occupations as intermediate … complementary inputs with di¤erent learning costs has an equilibrium hierarchy from the lowest cost/skill/wage occupations to the … highest which agents will cascade along away from the skill level of new entrants. This can explain why di …