@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp873, author={Falk, Martin and Koebel, Bertrand}, title={The Impact of Office Machinery and Computer Capital on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labour}, year={2003}, month={Sep}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={873}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp873}, 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.}, keywords={capital-skill complementarity;skill-biased technological change}, }