Computers and the demand for skilled labour: industry- and establishment-level panel evidence for the UK

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Empirical evidence shows that the advent of computers undermines the demand for skilled labor. This can be gleaned from an analysis of panel data in the UK, where most aggregate skill-upgrading results from within-establishment increases in skill composition. The relationship between computerization and demand for skilled labor is significant for different worker and computer types, human capital upgrading, endogeneity and other technology variables.

Electronic computers, Computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Administration of General Economic Programs, Jobs & Employment, Digital computers, Employment, Supply and demand, Technological innovations, Workers

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Do skill shortages reduce productivity? theory and evidence from the United Kingdom

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A study was conducted to evaluate the impact of skilled labor shortages on productivity. The study considers two possibilities by which less productivity is generated and focuses on data involving 81 3-digi industries from 1980-1986. Results show that a rise in skill shortages decreased productivity growth by an average of 7% per annum for the mid-1980s. In addition, unskilled labor had no esatblished impact on labor and product markets.

Research, Economic policy, Industrial productivity, Labor productivity

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Price formation in an open economy: theory and evidence for the United Kingdom, 1951-1991

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An analysis of pricing in the UK between 1951 and 1991 reveals that domestic prices are determined by both domestic costs and world prices and that prices are related to the marginal cost than to the average or normal cost. The study seeks to determine price formation theories through cointegration and the results also show that prices on the macroeconomic level are not consistent with normal or average firm-controled pricing.

Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Pricing Policy, Analysis, Reports, Pricing, Economic research, Prices

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