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Technology and Labor Displacement : Evidence from Linking Patents with Worker-Level Data
Kogan, Leonid; Papanikolaou, Dimitris; Schmidt, Lawrence; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We develop measures of labor-saving and labor-augmenting technology exposure using textual analysis of patents and job tasks. Using US administrative data, we show that both measures negatively predict earnings growth of individual incumbent workers. While labor-saving technologies predict...
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On Wage Formation, Wage Flexibility and Wage Coordination : A Focus on the Wage Impact of Productivity in Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United States
Peeters, Marga - 2012
This paper discusses the endeavours of policy makers to come to some degree of wage coordination among EU countries, aiming at aligning wage growth with labour productivity growth at the national levels. In this context, we analyse the wage and productivity developments in Germany, the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114521
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The Productivity of Professions : Evidence from the Emergency Department
Chan, David C.; Chen, Yiqun - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
overlapping tasks but with stark differences in background, training, and pay. Using data from the Veterans Health Administration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435170
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Employer learning and the "importance" of skills
Light, Audrey; McGee, Andrew D. - 2012
We ask whether the role of employer learning in the wage-setting process depends on skill type and skill importance to productivity. Combining data from the NLSY79 with O*NET data, we use Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery scores to measure seven distinct types of pre-market skills that...
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Employer learning and the "importance" of skills
Light, Audrey; McGee, Andrew D. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 50 (2015) 1, pp. 72-107
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Examination of the individual competencies that differentiate results in direct sales
Sypniewska, Barbara A. - In: Contemporary economics 7 (2013) 1, pp. 83-100
development of training programs for sellers. …
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After the Decline of Large U.S. Corporations : Where Do the New Giants Come From?
Manning, Stephan - 2013
The latest Forbes 2000 Rankings leave no doubt: Large corporations continue to exist (and they grow even larger), but fewer than ever originate in the U.S. Among the Top 10 listed firms four are Chinese. This article argues that firms from China and India will soon dominate the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082594
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Automation and the Workforce : A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
Acemoglu, Daron; Anderson, Gary; Beede, David Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper describes the adoption of automation technologies by US firms across all economic sectors by leveraging a new module introduced in the 2019 Annual Business Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau in partnership with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)....
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Skill Development in Middle Level Occupations: The Role of Apprenticeship Training
Lerman, Robert I. - 2013
training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The … final section highlights empirical and policy research results concerning the advantages of apprenticeship training for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331409
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Skill development in middle level occupations : the role of apprenticeship training
Lerman, Robert Irving - 2013
training for middle-level occupations. We begin by defining and describing middle-skills occupations, largely in terms of … complementarities. Third, we consider the evidence on the costs and effectiveness of apprenticeship training in several countries. The … final section highlights empirical and policy research results concerning the advantages of apprenticeship training for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755595