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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 …
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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 distinct effects of information technologies and communication technologies on the age-skill composition of labour demand
Blanas, Sotiris - 2019
(CT) on the skill, age, and age-skill composition of labour demand. The analysis is conducted on a sample comprising 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967410
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Minimum wages in New Zealand: policy and practice in the 21st century
Maré, David Christopher; Hyslop, Dean Robert - 2021
New Zealand has seen dramatic changes in minimum wage policies since 2000. The adult minimum wage has increased 75% in CPI-adjusted real terms. In addition, the youth minimum wage was abolished in two stages, resulting in a 125% increase in the real minimum wage for 16-19-year-old workers. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517238
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Accelerated technological progress : an explanation for wage dispersion and a possible solution to the productivity paradox
Nikutowski, Oliver - 2007
Due to scarcity considerations an increase in the supply of college graduates should reduce the premium for this kind of qualification. Therefore it seems quite contradictory that a tremendous educational expansion in the USA is accompanied by rising wage dispersion (overall and between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003470547
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New perspectives on inequality in Latin America
Fernández, Manuel; Gabriela Serrano, Gabriela - 2022
liberalization, affected the patterns of relative demand and relative earnings across skill-demographic groups in the 1990s … participation changed the skill-demographic composition of labor supply, pushing education and experience premium downward, but this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286576