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The Impact of Technological Change on Work and Wages

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This review begins with a discussion of how technology affects wage structures. The literature reviewed is divided into two segments—studies of the impact of technological change on wages (and growing inequality), productivity, and employment and studies of the interrelationship of technology, human resource systems, and labor productivity. We conclude with suggestions for future research topics. Overall, we find that technological change accounts for only part of the changing wage structure in the United States, whereas changes in institutional forces that affect the creation of industry rents and the distribution of rents are also an important factor.

Source: Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society

DOI: 10.1111/1468-232x.00233

Authors: Clair Brown, Benjamin A. Campbell

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010125169

FWCI: 6.509

Cites: 48

Cited by: 56

Related to: 10