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New Technologies and the Demand for Medium Qualified Labour in Germany
Jacobebbinghaus, Peter | Zwick, Thomas
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 122 (2002), Iss. 2 : pp. 179–205
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Jacobebbinghaus, Peter
Zwick, Thomas
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Abstract
The literature on skill-biased technological change concentrates on highly skilled and unskilled employees. It is unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany - employees with a degree from the dual apprenticeship system (Fachkräfte mit Dualer Ausbildung) - are positively or negatively affected by new technologies. This paper answers this question and it addresses estimation and data problems on the basis of a topical and rich data set. It shows that innovation expenditures and investments in information and communication technologies (IT) lead to lower medium skilled employee shares in most sub-sectors of the West German service sector, whereas other investments frequently lead to higher medium skilled employee shares. The most notable deviation is the banking sector where IT intensive firms have higher shares of medium qualified employees.