Piva, Mariacristina ;
Santarelli, Enrico ;
Vivarelli, Marco
(2003)
The Skill Bias Effect of Technological and Organisational Change: Evidenceand Policy Implications.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 24.
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4808.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(486).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
Previous empirical literature has shown that technological change can be considered the main
cause of the skill bias (increase in the number of high skilled workers) exhibited by
manufacturing employment in developed countries over the last decades. However, recent papers
have also introduced the “Skill Biased Organisational Change” hypothesis. We estimate a SUR
model for a sample of 400 Italian manufacturing firms, showing that the upskilling is more a
function of the reorganisational strategy than a consequence of technological change alone.
Moreover, some evidence of superadditive effects emerges, consistently with the theoretical
hypothesis of a coevolution of technology and organisation.
Abstract
Previous empirical literature has shown that technological change can be considered the main
cause of the skill bias (increase in the number of high skilled workers) exhibited by
manufacturing employment in developed countries over the last decades. However, recent papers
have also introduced the “Skill Biased Organisational Change” hypothesis. We estimate a SUR
model for a sample of 400 Italian manufacturing firms, showing that the upskilling is more a
function of the reorganisational strategy than a consequence of technological change alone.
Moreover, some evidence of superadditive effects emerges, consistently with the theoretical
hypothesis of a coevolution of technology and organisation.
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(Working Paper)
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Skill Bias; Organisational Change; Manufacturing
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2282-6483
DOI
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Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
Skill Bias; Organisational Change; Manufacturing
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
09 Mar 2016 14:45
Last modified
09 Mar 2016 14:45
URI
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