The Division of Labour, Worker Organisation, and Technological Change
The model developed in this article explains differences in the division of labour across firms as a result of computer technology adoption. Changes in the division of labour result from reduced production time and improved communication possibilities. The first shifts the division of labour towards...
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| Volume: | 116 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: |
Lex Borghans
Bas ter Weel |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Zielgruppe: |
Trade Academic |
| Place of publication: |
Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishers 01.02.2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
| published in: | The Economic journal (London) Vol. 116; no. 509; pp. F45 - F72 |
| Related: |
Research Centre for Educ and Labour Mark Macro, International & Labour Economics RS: GSBE DUHR RS: GSBE TIID RS: GSBE METEOR T2 |
| Data of publication: | 20060201 |
| ISSN: |
0013-0133 1468-0297 |
| EISSN: |
1468-0297 |
| Discipline: | Economics |
| Bibliography: |
ournal We thank a referee of this J David Autor, Eve Caroli, Frank Cörvers, Paul David, Andries de Grip, Stephen Machin, Luc Soete, Alexandra Spitz, Bas Straathof, Gerard van den Berg, John Van Reenen, Adriaan van Zon and seminar participants at the Dutch Central Bank, the MERIT Workshop on ‘IT and Industry and Labour Market Dynamics’ and the 4th ZEW Conference on the ‘Economics of Information and Communication Technologies’ for helpful comments and discussions. We thank the Institute for Labour Studies (OSA) for making available the data used in this article and for financial support. Bas ter Weel also acknowledges financial support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). |
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