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Technological and Organizational Change and the Careers of Workers

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  • Michele Battisti

    (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow)

  • Christian Dustmann

    (University College London)

  • Uta Schoenberg

    (University College London)

Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of technological and organizational change (T&O) on jobs and workers. We show that although T&O reduces firm demand for routine relative to abstract task-based jobs, affected workers do not face higher probability of nonemployment or lower earnings growth than unaffected workers. Rather, firms that adopt T&O offer routine workers re-training opportunities to upgrade to more abstract jobs. Older workers form an important exception: T&O increases the risk that they permanently withdraw from the labor market and reduces their earnings, regardless of the tasks they performed in the firm prior to T&O.

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  • Michele Battisti & Christian Dustmann & Uta Schoenberg, 2022. "Technological and Organizational Change and the Careers of Workers," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2225, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
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    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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