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2. 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).
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).