Getting a Fair Share of the Plunder? Technology, Skill and Wages in British Establishments

John van Reenen

No 881, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper uses establishment level data from the British Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) to examine the effects of new technology on pay. The wage differential associated with new technology is about 5-7% and is (i) robust to corrections for skill, workplace disamenities, and simultaneity; (ii) higher for skilled workers than those with less human capital; (iii) strongest where unions are recognized, but where union density is under 100%.

Keywords: Bargaining; Inequality; New Technology; Wages; WIRS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994-01
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