The growth of information workers in the US economy, 1950-2000: The role of technological change, computerization, and structural change

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-255

  Wolff, Edward N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerization; Information workers; Input output; Productivity; R D

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPLOYMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748123086     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535310600844193     Document Type: Article

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