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79 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14037
Between the Dockyard and the Deep Blue Sea: Retention and Personnel Economics in the Royal Navy
Darrell J. Glaser, Ahmed S. Rahman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13990
Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence from Finland
Naomitsu Yashiro, Tomi Kyyrä, Hyunjeong Hwang, Juha Tuomala
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13989
Labour Market Polarisation, Job Tasks and Monopsony Power
Ronald Bachmann, Gökay Demir, Hanna Frings
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13605
How Robots Change Within-Firm Wage Inequality
Erling Barth, Marianne Roed, Pal Schone, Janis Umblijs
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13391
Welfare States, Labor Markets, Social Investment and the Digital Transformation
Werner Eichhorst, Anton Hemerijck, Gemma Scalise
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13267
Automation, Globalization and Vanishing Jobs: A Labor Market Sorting View
Ester Faia, Sébastien Laffitte, Maximilian Mayer, Gianmarco Ottaviano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13243
Does Electricity Drive Structural Transformation? Evidence from the United States
Paul Gaggl, Rowena Gray, Ioana E. Marinescu, Miguel Morin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12851
Occupational Routine-Intensity and the Costs of Job Loss: Evidence from Mass Layoffs
Uwe Blien, Wolfgang Dauth, Duncan Roth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12770
Skills, Tasks, and Complexity
Hans Gersbach, Samuel Schmassmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12541
Skills-Displacing Technological Change and Its Impact on Jobs: Challenging Technological Alarmism?
Seamus McGuinness, Konstantinos Pouliakas, Paul Redmond
heavily revisied version forthcoming in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12434
Individual Consequences of Occupational Decline
Per-Anders Edin, Tiernan Evans, Georg Graetz, Sofia Hernnäs, Guy Michaels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12408
Embodied and Disembodied Technological Change: The Sectoral Patterns of Job-Creation and Job-Destruction
Giovanni Dosi, Mariacristina Piva, Maria Enrica Virgillito, Marco Vivarelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12063
Racing With or Against the Machine? Evidence from Europe
Terry Gregory, Anna Salomons, Ulrich Zierahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11954
A Theory of Conservative Revivals
Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin, Avner Seror
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11640
The Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Manuel Fernandez Sierra
R & R, Journal of Political Economy (revised version here)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11312
The Shelf Life of Incumbent Workers during Accelerating Technological Change: Evidence from a Training Regulation Reform
Simon Janssen, Jens Mohrenweiser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11250
Wage Inequality and Structural Change
Joanna Tyrowicz, Magdalena Smyk
published in Social Indicators Research, 2019, 141(2), 503-538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10901
Skill Premiums and the Supply of Young Workers in Germany
Albrecht Glitz, Daniel Wissmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10846
The Role of Demand in Fostering Product vs Process Innovation: A Model and an Empirical Test
Herbert Dawid, Gabriele Pellegrino, Marco Vivarelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10703
The Ideological Roots of Institutional Change
Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10540
Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs?
Gabriele Pellegrino, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published as 'Beyond R&D: The role of Embodied Technological Change in Affecting Employment' in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2019, 29, 1151-1171.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10471
Technological Change and Employment: Were Ricardo and Marx Right?
Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published as 'Technological Change and Employment: Is Europe Ready for the Challenge?' in: Eurasian Business Review, 2018, 8, 13-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10470
Is Modern Technology Responsible for Jobless Recoveries?
Georg Graetz, Guy Michaels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10354
R&D, Embodied Technological Change and Employment: Evidence from Italian Microdata
Laura Barbieri, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2019, 28, 203-218.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10034
Trade Competition, Technology and Labour Reallocation
Selva B. Baziki, Rita Ginja, Teodora Borota Milicevic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9851
Are Jobs More Polarized in ICT Firms?
Petri Böckerman, Seppo Laaksonen, Jari Vainiomäki
published as 'Does ICT Usage Erode Routine Occupations at the Firm Level?' in: Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2019, 33 (1), 26-47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9736
Differences in Job De-Routinization in OECD Countries: Evidence from PIAAC
Sara de la Rica, Lucas Gortazar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9453
Globalization, Technological Change and Labor Demand: A Firm Level Analysis for Turkey
Elena Meschi, Erol Taymaz, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Review of World Economics, 2016, 152, 655-680
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9193
The Anatomy of Job Polarisation in the UK
Andrea Salvatori
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9147
Innovation and Employment in Patenting Firms: Empirical Evidence from Europe
Vincent Van Roy, Daniel Vertesy, Marco Vivarelli
published as 'Technology and Employment: Mass Unemployment or Job Creation? Empirical Evidence from European Patenting Firms' in: Research Policy, 2018, 47 (9), 1762 - 1776
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8938
Robots at Work
Georg Graetz, Guy Michaels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8542
Does Public Education Expansion Lead to Trickle-Down Growth?
Sebastian Böhm, Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger
published as 'Does Expansion of Higher Education Lead to Trickle-Down Growth?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 132, 79-94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7820
The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Getinet Astatike Haile, Ilina Srour, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Eurasian Business Review, 2017, 7, 1-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7762
The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Anders Akerman, Ingvil Gaarder, Magne Mogstad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7622
Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity
Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arie Kapteyn, Titus Galama
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7329
Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson
published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125(584), 621–646
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7320
Skill-Biased Technological Change and Skill-Enhancing Trade in Turkey: Evidence from Longitudinal Microdata
Ilina Srour, Erol Taymaz, Marco Vivarelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7178
The "Task Approach" to Labor Markets: An Overview
David Autor
published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2013, 46 (3), 185-199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7068
The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
David Autor, David Dorn
published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (5), 1553-1597
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6492
Changes in China's Wage Structure
Suqin Ge, Dennis T. Yang
published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (2), 300-336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6291
Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature
Marco Vivarelli
published in: Journal of Economic Issues, 2014, 48 (1), 123-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6257
How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (3) part 1, 711-750
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5666
Measuring and Interpreting Trends in the Division of Labour in the Netherlands
I. Semih Akçomak, Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel
published in: De Economist, 2011, 159 (4), 435-482
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5586
The Transatlantic Productivity Gap: Is R&D the Main Culprit?
Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47(4), 1342–1371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5470
Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration: The Case of Occupations
Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx
published as 'The Dynamics of Task-biased Technological Change: The Case of Occupations' in: Brussels Economic Review, 2013, 56 (2)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4791
Increasing Income Inequality: Productivity, Bargaining and Skill-Upgrading
Anders Frederiksen, Odile Poulsen
published as 'Income Inequality: The Consequences of Skill-Upgrading - When Firms Have Hierarchical Organizational Structures' in Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (2), 1224-1239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4728
The Job Creation Effect of R&D Expenditures
Francesco Bogliacino, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Australian Economic Papers, 2012, 51 (2), 96-113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4678
Outsourcing and Technological Change
Ann P. Bartel, Saul Lach, Nachum Sicherman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4622
On The Rise of Health Spending and Longevity
Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Titus Galama, Arie Kapteyn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4393
Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
published in: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 2011, 44 (3), 1-20
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4290
Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States
David Autor, David Dorn
see IZA DP No. 7068 for a substantially updated version
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4096
Integration, Labor Market Regulation, Lobbying, and Technological Change
Tapio K. Palokangas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4091
Economic Growth with Political Lobbying and Wage Bargaining
Tapio K. Palokangas
revised version published in: IFAC Papers on Control Applications of Optimization 7 (2010)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3887
Trade Openness and the Demand for Skills: Evidence from Turkish Microdata
Elena Meschi, Erol Taymaz, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (S1), S60-S70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3676
Management Compensation and Firm-Level Income Inequality
Anders Frederiksen, Odile Poulsen
published as 'Income Inequality: The Consequences of Skill-Upgrading - When Firms Have Hierarchical Organizational Structures' in Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (2), 1224-1239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3334
Outsourcing and Technological Innovations: A Firm-Level Analysis
Ann P. Bartel, Saul Lach, Nachum Sicherman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2905
Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility: A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition
Matteo Cervellati, Uwe Sunde
see IZA DP 7199 for a substantially revised and extended version
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2819
The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lisa M. Lynch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2803
Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work
Sandra E. Black, Alexandra Spitz-Oener
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92(1), 187-194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2797
Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries
Andrea Conte, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Developing Economies, 2011, 49(1), 36-65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2689
An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
Carlos Pestana Barros, Antonio Menezes, José António Cabral Vieira, Nicolas Peypoch, Bernardin Solonandrasana
published in: Health Care Management Science, 2008, 11 (4), 373-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2671
The “Dynamic” of Job Competition during the ICT Revolution
Arnaud Chéron, François Langot, Eva Moreno-Galbis
published in: Economica, 2010, 78 (309), 159-186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1709
The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change
Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel
published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (509), F45-F72
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1249
International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom
Alexander Hijzen, Holger Görg, Robert C. Hine
published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (506), 860-878
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1223
One or Many Kuznets Curves? Short and Long Run Effects of the Impact of Skill-Biased Technological Change on Income Inequality
Gianluca Grimalda, Marco Vivarelli
published in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2010, 20 (2), 265-306
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1204
Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996
Anna M. Falzoni, Alessandra Venturini, Claudia Villosio
published as 'Skilled and unskilled wage dynamics in Italy in the 1990s: changes in individual characteristics, institutions, trade and technology' in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, 25 (4), 441 – 463,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 893
Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change
Klara Sabirianova Peter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 873
The Impact of Office Machinery and Computer Capital on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labour
Martin Falk, Bertrand Koebel
published in: Labour Economics , 2004, 11 (1), 99-117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 752
Skill-Biased Technological Change in Denmark: A Disaggregate Perspective
Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jan Rose Skaksen
published as 'Changes in Demand for Skilled Labour in Denmark - A Disaggregate Perspective' in: Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift / Danish Journal of Economics, 2004, 142 (1), 67 - 80
IZA Discussion Paper No. 717
International Fragmentation and Relative Wages in the UK
Alexander Hijzen, Holger Görg, Robert C. Hine
IZA Discussion Paper No. 664
Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages: The Case of Danish Manufacturing
Jan Rose Skaksen, Anders Sorensen
published as 'Skill Upgrading and Rigid Relative Wages' in: B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Contributions to Macroeconomics, 2005, 5(1), Art. 7
IZA Discussion Paper No. 596
Relative Wages, Openness and Skill-Biased Technological Change
Holger Görg, Eric Strobl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 530
Unemployment Invariance
Marika Karanassou, Dennis J. Snower
published in: German Economic Review, 2004, 5 (3), 297-317
IZA Discussion Paper No. 429
Does Future PC Use Determine Our Wages Today? Evidence from German Panel Data
Silke Anger, Johannes Schwarze
published in: Labour, 2003, 17 (3), 337-360
IZA Discussion Paper No. 310
Human Capital Accumulation, Education and Earnings Inequality
Uwe Sunde
substantially revised version published as 'Human Capital Formation, Education and Earnings Inequality' in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2008, 54(1), 7 - 26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 283
Welfare Analysis in a Schumpeterian Growth Model with Capital
Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul, Volker Reinthaler
published in: Economics Bulletin, 2007, 15(7), 1-8.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 119
The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations
Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower
IZA Discussion Paper No. 86
Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Differential
John P. Haisken-DeNew, Christoph M. Schmidt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 39
Multi-Task Learning and the Reorganization of Work. From Tayloristic to Holistic Organization
Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18 (3), 353-376
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