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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers: Industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high … set with respect to the length of time series, set of countries and industries, and information on ICT. Next to … investigating the influence of ICT in 14 countries, I concentrate on the analysis in 23 separate industries. The results I find show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270727
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Organizational change, new information and communication technologies and the demand for labor in services
Falk, Martin - 2001
all skill groups except for unskilled labor. New ICT and the share of training expenditures are primary forces behind OC … authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper analyzes the impact of organizational change as well as the impact … of the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) on actual labor demand as well as on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446141
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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers : industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
since 1995. -- ICT ; Skill ; Income Inequality ; Labor Demand …In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high … set with respect to the length of time series, set of countries and industries, and information on ICT. Next to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003953009
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The statutory minimum wage in Germany and the labor demand elasticities of low-skilled workers : a regression discontinuity approach with establishment panel data
Kölling, Arnd - 2020 - This version: October 16th, 2020
This study examines the influence of the statutory minimum wage on labor demand elasticities regarding low-skilled workers. For this, a regression discontinuity analysis is conducted using company panel data from 2013 to 2018. In addition, a possible endogeneity of the remuneration for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300027
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The assignment of workers to tasks with endogenous supply of skills
Dupuy, Arnaud - 2013
distributions generally overlap. The model shows that the impact of any given skill-biased technical change on wage inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727655
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The US labor market in 2030 : a scenario based on current trends in supply and demand
Edwards, Rebecca; Lange, Fabian - 2013
Three fundamental forces have shaped labor markets over the last 50 years: the secular increase in the returns to education, educational upgrading, and the integration of large numbers of women into the workforce. We modify the Katz and Murphy (1992) framework to predict the structure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228790
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On simplifying the structure of labour demand : an analysis of the DOT data
Vijverberg, Wim P. M. (contributor);  … - 2005
We analyse the information in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to characterize the structure of labour demand. Two dimensions, an intellectual factor and a dexterity factor capture most variation in job requirements. Job complexity in relation to Things correlates highly with the dexterity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003189629
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The Impact of ICT Investments on the Relative Demand for High-, Medium-, and Low-Skilled Workers : Industry Versus Country Analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2011
In this paper I analyze the impact of investments into information and communication technology (ICT) on relative … compensation shares of high-, medium-, and low-skilled workers. Next to investigating the influence of ICT in 14 countries, I … explore this impact for 23 industries. I find that the skill-biased technological change hypothesis is rejected if single …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133911
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The Assignment of Workers to Tasks with Endogenous Supply of Skills
Dupuy, Arnaud - 2013
distributions generally overlap. The model shows that the impact of any given skill-biased technical change on wage inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083748
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Strong Employers and Weak Employees : How Does Employer Concentration Affect Wages?
Benmelech, Efraim - 2019
We analyze the effect of local-level labor market concentration on wages. Using plant-level U.S. Census data over the period 1978–2016, we find that: (1) local-level employer concentration exhibits substantial cross-sectional variation; (2) consistent with labor market monopsony power, there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899730