Empirical Study: Difference between revisions

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Study looked at 400 Italian manufacturing firms.

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.

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 Unskilled Italian workers seem to have been particularly vulnerable to the combined effect of technological change.
-'''Policy implications'''
-Piva, Santarelli, Vivarelli feel policy makers should encourage employers to give on-the-job traiing to unskilled employees. This would allow them to develope "non-cognitive" skills.
-Advocate for education and off-the job training.