Using 1985–1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages we confirm the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by individual ability or other unobserved individual characteristics rather than by productivity effects. While a rather large personal computer (PC) wage premium was found in the crosssectional regressions even after the inclusio...

Does Future PC Use Determine Our Wages Today? Evidence from German Panel Data Using 1985–1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages confirms the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by individual ability or other unobserved individual characteristics rather than by productivity effects. While a rather large personal computer (PC) wage...

This paper discusses the occurrence of skill-enhancing technology import, namely the relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment di¤erentials in low and middle-income countries. GMM techniques are applied to an original panel dataset comprising 28 manufacturing sectors for 23 countries over a decade. Econometric results provide robust evidence of the ...

We estimate productivities at the sector level for 72 countries and 5 decades, and examine how they evolve over time in both developed and developing countries. In both country groups, comparative advantage has become weaker: productivity grew systematically faster in sectors that were initially at greater comparative disadvantage. These changes have had a significant impact on trade volumes an...

This paper is an experience report on an initiative to incorporate requirements engineering practices into the development process of two large corporations. The project was framed by a government program to foster collaboration between academia, industry, and government agencies. Its expected result—proposals for cooperative work—is in itself a major challenge, since it was not decided from th...

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We use time series techniques to estimate the importance of four main explanations for decline US labor income share: rising firm markups, falling bargaining power workers, higher investment-specific technology growth, and more automated production processes. Identification is achieved with restrictions derived from a stylized model structural change. Our results point automation as driver shar...

A visegradi orszagok gazdasagfejlődesi utjanak elemzeseben a kulfoldi kozvetlentőke-­befektetesektől valo fuggest hangsulyozzak kapitalista modellek kutatoi. Mara kerdesesse valt, hogy vajon fenntarthato-e ez modell. Az elmult evtizedben tersegben vegbemenő politikai folyamatok is csokkenthetik terseg vonzerejet befektetők szemeben. tőkearamlasok altalanos lassulasa es visszaesese gyengitheti e...