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Skill-biased Technological Change: Evidence from a Firm-level Survey.

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Siegel provides evidence that technology adoption is associated with downsizing, skill upgrading, greater employee empowerment, and a widening wage gap.

Unlike previous studies that use industry-level data, Siegel collected firm-level data on technology usage and labor composition which enable him to link the magnitude of labor market outcomes for six classes of workers to the types of technologies implemented.

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W E Upjohn Institute for,.
0585341656 / 9780585341651
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
11/01/1999
English
147 pages
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