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Employment polarization in Germany : role of technology, trade and human capital

Consoli, Davide; Roy, Ipsita - 2015

Building on the canonical model of skill-biased technical change to incorporate differential effects of technology and … subsequent adoption of computer and information technology and larger decline in routine occupations. Exposure to global imports … smaller as compared to technology. However, when looking at the direction of displacement of routine-workers, regions with …

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Skill-biased technological change, training, and the college wage premium : a quantitative analysis

Palmer, Thomas - 2024

implications of these patterns, I build a quantitative model of the labor market with endogenous technology and training …

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The hidden winners of renewable energy promotion : insights into sector-specific wage differentials

Antoni, Manfred; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, Florian - 2014

In light of Germany´s transition approaches towards a sustainable energy system this paper examines differences of employment structure and wage differentials between renewable energy establishments and their sector peers. To do so, we have developed a novel data set by linking company-level...

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Technology and Skill : Twin Engines of Growth

Stokey, Nancy L. - 2018

A model is developed in which two complementary forms of investment contribute to growth--technology and skill … technology and skill accumulation. Conditions for the existence of a BGP are established, and the effects of various parameters … are characterized. In an example, subsidies to skill acquisition (technology acquisition) are powerful tools for …

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Does Digitalization Widen Labor Income Inequality?

Huang, Jilei; Sun, Yi; Yang, Liyan - 2023

Many studies have suggested a positive and monotonic relationship between technological progress and wage income inequality since 1980s for industrialized economies. We examine this topic in the context of the Chinese economy where new generation technologies like automation, AI and...

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Creators' income situation in the digital age

Cuntz, Alexander - 2018

The digital transformation imposes both opportunities and risks for creativity and for creative employment, with implications for trends in income levels and the distribution of income. First, we consider skill-biased technological change as a determinant of income and labor market outcomes in...

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The Earnings of American Jewish Men : Human Capital, Denomination and Religiosity

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2006

This paper analyzes the determinants of the earnings of American Jewish men using the 2000/01 National Jewish Population Survey. Non-response to the question on earnings is analyzed. Earnings are related to conventional human capital variables, as well as Jewish-specific variables. Except for...

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Spatial externalities in big cities and duality of the labour market

Matano, Alessia - In: Journal of regional science 62 (2022) 2, pp. 471-498

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Microeconometric analyses on determinants of individual labour market outcomes

Simon, Lisa - 2019

This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using microeconometric methods. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction. Chapter 2 uses a randomised field experiment among German human resource managers to evaluate which skill signals such as...

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Technological change, skill demand, and wage inequality in Indonesia

Lee, Jong-Wha; Wie, Dainn - 2013

This paper examines the empirical implications of technological changes for skill demand and wage inequality in Indonesia. According to the National Labor Force Survey of Indonesia, the share of educated workers and wage skill premium increased significantly over 2003-2009 for overall industry...

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