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Labor supply and automation innovation
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020
While economic theory suggests substitutability between labor and capital, little evidence exists regarding the causal effect of labor supply on inventing labor-saving technologies. We analyze the impact of exogenous changes in regional labor supply on automation innovation by exploiting an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239586
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Labor supply and automation innovation
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020
While economic theory suggests substitutability between labor and capital, little evidence exists regarding the causal effect of labor supply on inventing labor-saving technologies. We analyze the impact of exogenous changes in regional labor supply on automation innovation by exploiting an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241069
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Labor supply and automation innovation
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020
While economic theory suggests substitutability between labor and capital, little evidence exists regarding the causal effect of labor supply on inventing labor-saving technologies. We analyze the impact of exogenous changes in regional labor supply on automation innovation by exploiting an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243297
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Jobs or amenities : what determines the migration balances of cities?
Buch, Tanja; Hamann, Silke; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; … - 2012
refers to the question whether labour market conditions or amenities primarily account for the huge differences in cities … the significance of jobs and amenities. With investigating cities' migration balances we choose a rather direct measure of … persistent disparities in labour market performance and amenities across cities and the high internal migration - in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515613
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Southwest as the new internal migration destination in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
Antalya and Muğla provinces located in southwestern Turkey have emerged as new magnets for internal migration in the country. Socio-economic, demographic and labor market characteristics of immigrants coming to these two provinces from various regions are studied to uncover the reasons fueling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317104
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Smart phones support smart labor
Hübler, Michael; Hartje, Rebecca - 2015
Besides enabling communication, mobile phones and smartphones support information flows and financial transactions, especially in developing countries, where the coverage of landline networks is limited. Drawing upon new data from rural households in Southeast Asia, this paper shows that mobile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295306
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Foreign scientists and engineers and economic growth in Canadian labor markets
Peri, Giovanni; Shih, Kevin Y. - 2013
In this paper we analyze the impact of foreign-born workers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) on employment and wages in Canadian geographical areas during the period 1991-2006. Canadian policies select immigrants with a strong emphasis on high educational...
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Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets
Peri, Giovanni - 2013
In this paper we analyze the impact of foreign-born workers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) on employment and wages in Canadian geographical areas during the period 1991-2006. Canadian policies select immigrants with a strong emphasis on high educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082144
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New technologies, migration and labour market adjustment : an intra-European perspective
Barišić, Antea; Ghodsi, Mahdi; Landesmann, Michael; … - 2024
In this note, we study the relationship between the use of new technologies (e.g. robots and various ICT assets), labour demand and migration patterns. The adoption of new technologies might change the demand for labour in various ways, which in turn will have an impact on skill composition and...
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What Explains the ICT Diffusion Gap Between the Major Industrialized Countries: An Empirical Analysis?
Cette, Gilbert; Lopez, Jimmy - In: International Productivity Monitor 17 (2008) Fall, pp. 28-39
Over the last few years, a large body of literature has shown that the level of information and communications technology (ICT) diffusion, and, as a result, the favorable effects of this diffusion on productivity, differ greatly between the major advanced countries, with the United States the...
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