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Wages, productivity, and work intensity in the great depression

Darby, Julia; Hart, Robert A. - 2002

We show that U.S. manufacturing wages during the Great Depression were importantly determined by forces on firms' intensive margins. Short-run changes in work intensity and the longer-term goal of restoring full potential productivity combined to influence real wage growth. By contrast, the...

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Diffusion of information technology, internet use and the demand of heterogeneous labor

Falk, Martin - 2001

This paper analyzes the link between the diffusion of information- and communication technology (ICT) and both the skill structure and employment expectations of the different skill categories. The analysis is based on cross-sectional data for 4150 German firms conducted in mid-2000. The...

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The impact of office machinery and computer capital on the demand for heterogeneous labor

Falk, Martin - 2002

This paper analyzes the impact of office machinery and computer capital (OCM) on the demand for heterogeneous labor. A system of static and dynamic factor demand equations based on a variant of the generalized Box-Cox cost function nesting the translog, the generalized Leontief and the...

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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium: technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union

Franz, Wolfgang - 1999

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

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Skill-biased technological change, international trade and the wage structure

Kölling, Arnd; Schank, Thorsten - 2002

During the last two decades, the labour demand structure in Germany has experienced a decrease in the demand for the low skilled. Possible explanations for this trend are investigated in this study for West Germany (1994- 1997) using a unique linked employer-employee panel data set for Germany....

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Money for Nothing and your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Differential

Schmidt, Christoph M.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 1999

In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 and panel results from 1984-1997 are presented. It...

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Complex Production Processes and Wage Inequality

Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2004

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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The Diffusion of Computers and the Distribution of Wages

Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas - 2004

immediately lead to higher wage inequality. More specifically, the results of the model are shown to be consistent with the … question why withingroup wage inequality among skilled workers as a result of computer technology adoption in the United States … increased in the 1970s, while between-group wage inequality and withingroup wage inequality among the unskilled did not start to …

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Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996

Falzoni, Anna M.; Venturini, Alessandra; Villosio, Claudia - 2004

In this paper we use individual micro data on workers combined with industry and regional data to study the dynamics of the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers in Italy in the period 1991-1996. Being different to previous empirical studies, our data allow us to explore in a...

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Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Dipperential

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999

In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 and panel results from 1984-1997 are presented....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262306

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