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Power, productivity and profits Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Peter Skott () (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Frederick Guy () (Birkbeck College)
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New information and communication technologies, we argue, have been 'power-biased': in many industries they have allowed firms to monitor workers more closely, thus reducing the power of these workers. An efficiency wage model shows that 'power-biased technical change' in this sense may generate rising inequality accompanied by an increase in both unemployment and work intensity. JEL Categories: J31, O33
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Keywords: power-biased technical change ; efficiency wages ; inequality ; work intensity. ; Other versions of this item:
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