Skill-Biased Technological Change: Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey

Donald Siegel

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: skill-biased; technological change; human capital; technology; skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
ISBN: cloth 9780880991988 paper 9780880991971
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