Computers and the Demand for Skilled Labour: Industry- and Establishment-Level Panel Evidence for the UK |
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| Authors: | Jonathan Haskel & Ylva Heden |
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| Institution: | Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and CEPR,;Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London |
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| Abstract: | We use two United Kingdom panel data sets to investigate skill-upgrading in the United Kingdom and how it has been affected by computerisation. Census data reveals that most aggregate skill-upgrading is explained by within-establishment rises in skill composition. Such upgrading is significantly related to computerisation, a relation that is robust to different worker and computer types, endogeneity, human capital upgrading and other technology measures. |
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