Diffusion der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien und die Qualifikationsstruktur der Arbeitskräfte (Diffusion of information and communication technology and the qualification structure of the workforce)

Martin Falk

Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2002, vol. 35, issue 3, 397-410

Abstract: "The paper examines the relationship between the diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT) and the skill structure of the employees. The data basis comes from a survey conducted among 4150 German firms in the year 2000. The penetration of ICT is measured with the aid of: (i) the proportion of the workers who spend at least half of their time at the workplace using a computer, (ii) the number of computers per worker, (iii) the proportion of the workers with Internet access and (iv) the use of software applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), CAD/CAE and data management systems. Empirical results based on Tobit models show that firms with a greater penetration of ICT employ both a greater proportion of employees with a university degree or equivalent and also a greater proportion of IT specialists. In contrast, a greater penetration of ICT is significantly negatively correlated with the proportion of medium-skilled and low-skilled workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Auswirkungen; Beschäftigtenstruktur; Bildschirmarbeit; Diffusion; Informationstechnik; Qualifikationsstruktur; 1987-2000 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doku.iab.de/mittab/2002/2002_3_MittAB_Falk.pdf

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iab:iabmit:v:35:i:3:p:397-410

Access Statistics for this article

Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung is currently edited by ZAF-Redaktion

More articles in Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by IAB, Geschäftsbereich Wissenschaftliche Fachinformation und Bibliothek ().