The Impact of Office Machinery and Computer Capital on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labour

Martin Falk and Bertrand Koebel

No 873, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: We study the impact of office and computing machinery (OCM) on the demands for workers with different educational levels. The empirical analysis relies on a system of demand equations that nests the translog, the generalised Leontief and the normalised quadratic specifications. Using panel data on 35 German industries, we find little evidence for a robust substitutability relationship between unskilled workers and OCM capital in manufacturing industries. In the non-manufacturing sector, however, we find some evidence for substitutability between OCM capital and unskilled workers.

Keywords: capital-skill complementarity; skill-biased technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2003-09
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Published - published in: Labour Economics , 2004, 11 (1), 99-117

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Journal Article: The impact of office machinery, and computer capital on the demand for heterogeneous labour (2004)
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