This paper studies the effects of firms' investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) on their demand for female and skilled workers. Using the gradual liberalization of the broadband Internet sector across provinces from 2006 to 2009 as a source of exogenous variation to...

Some countries and regions have been more successful than others in developing information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) services industries. India and the Philippines in particular have offered educated human resources at low cost, attractive fiscal incentives, and industrial...

Technological changes are "the main engine of capitalism and evolution" (A. Toffler), "the fundamental driving force in transformation of an economy" (C. Freeman). The paper proposes a theoretical investigation of information and communication technologies evolution and their impact on the...