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labor. This implies that the relative productivity of skilled workers changes proportionally in all tasks. In contrast, we … argue that technical changes also affect the curvature of the distribution of relative productivity. Building on Rosen … productivity slowdown in the mid 70s through the 80s and to a speedup in the 90s …
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This paper examines the role of skilled labor in the growth of total factor productivity. We use panel data from … manufacturing industries to assess the extent to which productivity growth in yearly cross section is tied to industry shares of … skilled labor inputs. We find robust evidence that productivity growth was increasingly concentrated in high-skill industries …
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Rising inequality in the relative wages of skilled and unskilled labor is often attributed to skill-biased technological progress. This paper presents a model in which the adoption of skill-biased or "unskilled-biased" technologies is endogenous. Conventional wisdom states that an increase in...
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efficiency of unskilled labor,implying that the decline has played a significant role in the overall productivity slowdownand the …
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labor. This implies that the relative productivity of skilled workers changes proportionally in all tasks. In contrast, we … argue that technical changes also affect the curvature of the distribution of relative productivity. Building on Rosen … productivity slowdown in the mid 70s through the 80s and to a speedup in the 90s. …
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Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom …
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Industrial Revolution (marked by turning invention to innovation leading to mass production through division of labour with labour mix in the proportion - one engineer - five technicians - 50 craftsmen - and laying emphasis on non-high-academically qualified manpower like technicians and...
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This paper examines the role of skilled labor in the growth of total factor productivity. We use panel data from … manufacturing industries to assess the extent to which productivity growth in yearly cross sections is tied to industry shares of … skilled labor inputs. We find robust evidence that productivity growth was increasingly concentrated in high-skill industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133695