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| Title: | | The Impact of Office Machinery and Computer Capital on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labour  |
| Authors: | | Falk, Martin Koebel, Bertrand M. |
| Issue Date: | | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 873 |
| 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. |
| Subjects: | | skill-biased technological change capital-skill complementarity |
| JEL: | | O33 J23 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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