The Growth of Information Workers in the U.S. Economy, 1950-1990: The Role of Technological Change, Computerization, and Structural Change

Edward Nathan Wolff ()

Working Papers from C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

Abstract: This paper uses data form the U.S. Decennial Censuses of 1950 through 1990 to measure the growth of information workers in the U.S. economy and analyse the sources of their growth.

Keywords: INFORMATION INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WORKERS; PRODUCTIVITY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 O31 O51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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