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A study that looked at 400 Italian manufacturing firms found that: | |||
Firms that adopted new technologies exhibited a stronger tendency to employ more skilled workers. | 1. Firms that adopted new technologies exhibited a stronger tendency to employ more skilled workers. | ||
Unskilled Italian workers seem to have been particularly vulnerable to the combined effect of technological change. | 2. Unskilled Italian workers seem to have been particularly vulnerable to the combined effect of technological change. | ||
Piva, Mariacristina & Santarelli, Enrico & Vivarelli, Marco, 2003. "The Skill Bias Effect of Technological and Organisational Change: Evidence and Policy Implications," IZA Discussion Papers 934, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). | |||
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A study that looked at 400 Italian manufacturing firms found that:
1. Firms that adopted new technologies exhibited a stronger tendency to employ more skilled workers.
2. Unskilled Italian workers seem to have been particularly vulnerable to the combined effect of technological change.
Piva, Mariacristina & Santarelli, Enrico & Vivarelli, Marco, 2003. "The Skill Bias Effect of Technological and Organisational Change: Evidence and Policy Implications," IZA Discussion Papers 934, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
