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We consider differences in current job tenure of individuals using linked employee and workplace data. This enables us … workplace in which they work. The various individual characteristics are, as a group, found to be essentially uncorrelated with … the workplace effect, however, this is not true for women and non-white employees. We find that the lower tenure …
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causal effect of education on technology adoption. Relying on data from the Workplace and Employee Survey, this study … workplace tasks. -- technology use and adoption ; education ; causal effects ; compulsory schooling laws ; heterogeneity in …
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and routine occupation groups are consistent with the routinization hypothesis at the firm level. The observed changes are …
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sizable in magnitude and largely due to changes in skill requirements within firm-occupation cells. We argue that upskilling …
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Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data with firm-level information on value added, factor inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions....
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Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data with firm-level information on value added, factor inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034624
This paper studies how changes in the complexity of the firms' production technologies affect wage differences between and within tasks. In a production process where tasks are complementary, the employer may have an incentive to pay higher wages when using more complex technologies because the...
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This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data from Germany covering detailed information on tasks performed at work at the level of individual workers. The results indicate that after training workers are more engaged in...
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This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on job tasks of workers. The analysis is based on panel data from Germany covering detailed information on tasks performed at work at the level of individual workers. The results indicate that after training workers are more engaged in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897258
This paper documents novel facts on within-occupation task and skill changes over the past two decades in Germany. In a …
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