The impact of technological change on employment: evidence from a firm-level survey of long island manufacturers

Donald S. Siegel

doi:10.1080/10438599800000006

The impact of technological change on employment: evidence from a firm-level survey of long island manufacturers

Donald S. Siegel

Business, W. P. Carey School of (WPC)

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Abstract

Recent studies of capital-skill complementarity suffer from several important empirical limitations and a theoretical framework that treats technological change as exogenous. This paper addresses some of these limitations using a new, detailed firm-level dataset on technology usage and labor composition. Based on two-stage estimation procedures, our results imply that technological change leads to a shift in labor composition and compensation in favor of white-collar workers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	227-246
Number of pages	20
Journal	Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Volume	5
Issue number	2-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599800000006
State	Published - Jan 1 1998

Keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies
Skill-biased technological change

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Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
Management of Technology and Innovation

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