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Public Policy Brief No. 62
December 10, 2000
Is There a Skills Crisis?
AbstractDespite seven years of economic growth a large gap exists in the wages earned by workers at the top of the earnings scale and those at the bottom. The leading explanation for this growth in wage inequality continues to be the skills-mismatch theory. This theory in part posits that gains in technology have resulted in […]
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Working Paper No. 301
May 01, 2000
Trends in Direct Measures of Job Skill Requirements
AbstractIt is commonly assumed that jobs in the United Sates require ever greater levels of skill and, more strongly, that this trend is accelerating as a result of the diffusion of information technology. This has led to substantial concern over the possibility of a growing mismatch between the skills workers possess and the skills employers […]
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Working Paper No. 295
February 01, 2000
Is There a Skills Crisis?
AbstractMany economists and other social scientists and policy makers believe that the growth in inequality in the last two decades reflects mostly an imbalance between the demand for and the supply of employee skills driven by technological change, particularly the spread of computers. However, the empirical basis for this belief is not strong. The growth […]
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Working Paper No. 285
October 01, 1999
Computers and the Wage Structure
AbstractA leading explanation for the rapid growth in wage inequality in the United States in the last 20 years, consistent with both human capital and postindustrial theories, is that advanced technology has increased job skill requirements and reduced the demand for less skilled workers. Krueger’s 1993 study showing a wage premium associated with using computers […]
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