This paper provides a critical review of the impact of technical change on the structure of
relative wages and employment, and considers some alternative explanations for the …

The position of low skilled workers in the labor market has deteriorated significantly over the
past three decades. What has caused this deterioration in low skilled labor demand and …

The effect of the development of tools on human activity has long been a principal concern
for students of social behavior. Marx viewed the development of the productive means as the …

There is little doubt that technology has had the most profound effect on altering the tasks
that we humans do in our jobs. Economists have long speculated on how technical change …

There is in academic circles a general consensus that the direct employment effects of
modern technology are, on the whole, negative, ie the use of new technology tends to …

Arguably the most important development in recent decades in US factor markets is the
decline in the relative wage of the unskilled. By contrast, in Europe it is undoubtedly the rise …

How does technical change affect the demand for labour? When will it tend to increase
unemployment? Recent advances in electronics have lent these old questions2 a fresh and …

The relationship between technological change and the earnings of less-skilled workers is
one of the oldest issues in economics (Berg 1984). Renewed interest in the link was …

The analytical frameworks used for thinking about the determinants of the level of
unemployment are not well-suited to thinking about the effects of skill-biassed technical …

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 …