Workers’ skill level and information technology: A censored regression model

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages 98-121

  Falk, Martin ^a   Seim, Katja ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germany; Information technology; Labour; Service industries; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590633     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720110386421     Document Type: Article

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