Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP1907
Authors: Jonathan Haskel; Viva Heden
Abstract: We use two UK panel data sets to investigate skill-upgrading in the United Kingdom and how it has been affected by computerization. Census data reveals that most aggregate skill-upgrading is explained by within-firm rises in skill composition. Such upgrading is significantly related to computerization, a relation that is robust to different worker and computer types, endogeneity, human capital upgrading and other technology measures.
Keywords: computers; wage inequality; skill-biased technological change
JEL Codes: J31
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| computerization (L86) | skill upgrading (J24) |
| computerization (L86) | demand for skilled labor (J24) |
| computerization (L86) | demand for unskilled labor (F66) |
| skill upgrading (J24) | demand for skilled labor (J24) |
| computerization (L86) | displacement of unskilled labor (F66) |