TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lindner, Attila
AU  - Muraközy, Balázs
AU  - Reizer, Balázs
AU  - Schreiner, Ragnhild Camilla
        TI  - Firm-Level Technological Change and Skill Demand
        PY  - 2026/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18516
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18516
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - skill-biased technological change
KW  - innovation
KW  - skill premiums
KW  - imperfect competition
        ER  -