%0 Report
        %A Lindner, Attila
%A Muraközy, Balázs
%A Reizer, Balázs
%A Schreiner, Ragnhild Camilla
        %T Firm-Level Technological Change and Skill Demand
        %D 2026
        %8 2026 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 18516
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18516
        %X We quantify the contribution of firm-level technological change to skill demand and aggregate inequality in the presence of imperfect competition in the labor market. We show that skill-biased technological change increases both the firm-level skill ratio and the skill premium, while other shocks (e.g. firm-specific output demand shocks) cannot explain the increase in both outcomes. We exploit administrative data and a large survey  measuring a broad class of firm-level technological changes from Hungary and Norway. We estimate that the aggregate college premium increases by 3.4% in Norway and by 4.9% in Hungary as a result of the skill bias in technological change.
        %K skill-biased technological change
%K innovation
%K skill premiums
%K imperfect competition