This paper uses the concept of ‘growth regimes’ to revisit the study of the determinants of the declining labour share in advanced economies. We examine a panel of OECD countries with aggregate and industry level data and explore the effects of technological progress on the labour income...

This paper investigates basic relationships between technology and occupations. Building a general occupational model, I look at detailed occupations since 1980 to explore whether computers are related to job losses or other sources of wage inequality. Occupations that use computers grow faster,...

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R&D enhances technology transfer by improving the ability of firms to learn about advances in the leading edge ('absorptive capacity'). In this paper we document that there has...