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Technology and Demand for Skilled Labor in Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries

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  • Tolga Aksoy

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This paper examines the relationship between technology and demand for skilled labor both historically and empirically. First, it is pointed out that the Industrial Revolution substituted skilled labor with unskilled labor since it has a de-skilling characteristic. Second, the skill-bias feature of Information and Communication Technologies Revolution is suggested. Finally, the effect of technological progress on the demand for skilled labor is tested for Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries. According to the static panel data estimation results, there is a positive but weak relationship between technological progress and demand for skilled labor. Key words: Skill bias, Technological change, Manufacturing.JEL: O33, J23, J24.

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  • Tolga Aksoy, 2009. "Technology and Demand for Skilled Labor in Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, vol. 56(2), pages 261-279.
    • Handle: RePEc:voj:journl:v:56:y:2009:i:2:p:261-279:id:218
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    Keywords

    Skill bias; Technological change; Manufacturing;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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