The impact of information technology on high-skilled labor in services: Evidence from firm-level panel data

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-323

  Falk, Martin ^a   Seim, Katja ^b  

^a Centre for European Economic Research   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for high skilled labor; Information technology; Panel data; Service sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997771650     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590100000012     Document Type: Article

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