The aim of this paper is to measure the returns to human capital. We use a unique data set consisting of matched employer-employee information. Data on individuals' human capital include a set of 26 tasks that capture the utilization of workers' skills in a very detailed way. Thus, we can expand...

Regulation : how the politics of skill become law -- Production : how skill makes cities -- Skill : how skill is embodied and what it means for the control of bodies -- Protest : how skillful practice becomes resistance -- Body : how definitions of skill cause injury -- Earth : how the politics...

"Datenverarbeitung und Mikroelektronik im Fertigungsbereich manifestieren sich im wesentlichen in numerisch gesteuerten WErkzeugmaschinen (NC-Maschinen). Heute werden beim Austausch vorhandener und bei der Installation neuer Werkzeugmaschinen sehr oft numerisch gesteuerte Werkzeugmaschinen...

"Datenverarbeitung und Mikroelektronik im Fertigungsbereich manifestieren sich im wesentlichen in numerisch gesteuerten WErkzeugmaschinen (NC-Maschinen). Heute werden beim Austausch vorhandener und bei der Installation neuer Werkzeugmaschinen sehr oft numerisch gesteuerte Werkzeugmaschinen...

"The analysis of job tasks has become a field of growing scientific activity in recent years. Information on such tasks has been used to analyze various research questions, especially regarding changes in the overall structure of the economy and their implications for persons and firms. Arguably...

"An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace 'tasks' between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in industrialized countries and fostered employment polarization - that is, rising employment in the...

An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace 'tasks' between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in industrialized countries and fostered employment polarization - that is, rising employment in the...

"An emerging literature argues that changes in the allocation of workplace 'tasks' between capital and labor, and between domestic and foreign workers, has altered the structure of labor demand in industrialized countries and fostered employment polarization - that is, rising employment in the...

The analysis of job tasks has become a field of growing scientific activity in recent years. Information on such tasks has been used to analyze various research questions, especially regarding changes in the overall structure of the economy and their implications for persons and firms. Arguably...