Theoretical predictions of the impact of total factor productivity (TFP) growth on
unemployment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new technology is …

Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP growth on employment are ambiguous, and
depend on the extent to which new technology is embodied in new jobs. We estimate a …

We find that technology's effect on employment varies greatly across manufacturing
industries. Some industries exhibit a temporary reduction in employment in response to a …

This article compares the short‐and long‐run effects of technological progress on
employment. It presents a simple model of frictional unemployment capturing the negative …

New technology embodied in capital equipment can be adopted either through destruction
of existing jobs and the creation of new ones or by renovation, updating the job's equipment …

The effect of faster technical progress is studied in our labour-turnover model of the natual
rate of unemployment. In its closed economy version, the model implies that, in the limit, as …

Our purpose in writing this chapter is to throw some light on the relationship between ICT
diffusion and employment levels, both from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. In so …

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 …

This paper analyses theoretical and empirical scientific literature about the impact of
technological innovations on unemployment, considering the former as a key driver of long …