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The skill complementarity of broadband internet
Akerman, Anders; Gaarder, Ingvil; Mogstad, Magne - 2013
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data with firm-level information on value added, factor inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions....
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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders - 2015
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data with firm-level information on value added, factor inputs and broadband adoption to answer these questions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034624
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How useful is the concept of skills mismatch?
McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Redmond, Paul - 2017
The term skill mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. In this paper we provide a clear overview of each concept and discuss the...
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The Covid-19 pandemic spurred growth in automation : what does this mean for minority workers?
Broady, Kristen; Booth Bell, Darlene; Barr, Anthony; … - 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated trends in automation as many employers seek to save on labor costs amid … explored how automation may displace nonspecialized jobs, there is typically less attention paid to how this displacement may … estimated risk of automation and underrepresented in the 30 occupations with the lowest estimated risk of automation. The …
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Automation and Job Polarization : On the Decline of Middling Occupations in Europe
Jerbashian, Vahagn - 2016
Using data from 10 Western European countries, I provide evidence that the fall in prices of information technologies (IT) is associated with a lower share of employment in middle wage occupations and a higher share of employment in high wage occupations. The decline in IT prices has no robust...
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Automation and Job Polarization : On the Decline of Middling Occupations in Europe
Jerbashian, Vahagn - 2016
Using data from 10 Western European countries, I provide evidence that the fall of prices of information technologies (IT) is associated with a lower share of employment in middle wage occupations and a higher share of employment in high wage occupations. The decline of IT prices has no robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982191
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Inequality, Technology and Job Polarization of the Youth Labor Market in Europe
Bheemaiah, Kariappa - 2015
This paper presents a connecting methodology in order to trace the emerging dynamics of inequality for the youth populace of Europe. We determine that the development of these dynamics are directly affected by the advancement of technology, and especially related to Information and Communication...
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Automation, offshoring, and the role of public policies
Schmidpeter, Bernhard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2019
We provide comprehensive evidence on the consequences of automation and offshoreability on the career of unemployed … automation is reducing the job finding probability; a problem which has increased over the past years. We show that this … between quantity and quality in these jobs. Provided training is beneficial in counteracting the negative impact of automation …
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The labour market effect of immigration : accounting for effective immigrant work experience in New Zealand
Tse, Michael M. H.; Maani, Sholeh A. - 2016
This guide, updated for the 2016-17 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It provides data, reports findings from published papers, describes practical details, and includes links to online...
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New Technologies and Jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; Silva, António Dias da; Jimeno, Juan F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
shares of occupations more exposed to AI-enabled automation. Country heterogeneity for this result seems to be linked to the …
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