Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity

Autores
Brambilla, Irene
Año de publicación
2017
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inglés
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We develop a theoretical framework that expands the task-based models of technical progress and labor markets to allow for firm heterogeneity and wages that vary across firms. Our model is compatible with the empirical observation that more productive firms are larger, are more skill intensive, and pay higher wages across skill categories. Regarding investment in ICT, our model predicts that the decision to invest in ICT depends on firm size and labor market characteristics. As a result of investment in ICT firms grow, become more intensive in complex tasks, and become more skilled intensive as long as skilled labor is complementary to ICT. Workers that remain employed are better off because their wage increases with ICT. To the extent that skilled workers have more bargaining power than unskilled workers, or that their wage scheme is more tied to firm performance, wage inequality at the firm-level increases with ICT.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
ICT
Jobs
Labor demand
Firm heterogeneity
Rent-sharing
Tasks
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
title Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
spellingShingle Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
Brambilla, Irene
Ciencias Económicas
ICT
Jobs
Labor demand
Firm heterogeneity
Rent-sharing
Tasks
title_short Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
title_full Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
title_fullStr Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
title_full_unstemmed Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
title_sort Digital technology adoption and jobs: a model of firm heterogeneity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brambilla, Irene
author Brambilla, Irene
author_facet Brambilla, Irene
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
ICT
Jobs
Labor demand
Firm heterogeneity
Rent-sharing
Tasks
topic Ciencias Económicas
ICT
Jobs
Labor demand
Firm heterogeneity
Rent-sharing
Tasks
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
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