Technology, growth, and the labor market / edited by Donna K. Ginther, Madeline Zavodny ; assisted by Lynn H. Foley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ginther, Donna K.

Zavodny, Madeline.

Foley, Lynn H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--United States--Congresses.

Labor market.

Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on--United States--Congresses.

Labor supply.

Labor supply--Effect of education on--United States--Congresses.

Pay equity--United States--Congresses.

Pay equity.

Labor productivity--United States--Congresses.

Labor productivity.

Information technology--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.

Information technology.

Monetary policy--United States--Congresses.

Monetary policy.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Labor supply--Effect of education on.

Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

Technology, Growth, and the Labor Market brings together research by economists from academia and the Federal Reserve System. The first section of the volume includes discussions by monetary policymakers with firsthand experience in determining how technology affects productivity, inequality, and macroeconomic growth. Papers in the second section discuss the sources of the surge in labor productivity growth during the latter half of the 1990s and present forecasts of labor productivity growth rates during the next few years. In the third section, the papers focus on the role of technological advances in changes in earnings inequality in the labor market. The authors examine whether inequality should be viewed as a causal result of skill-biased technological change or whether there is a missing link - or perhaps no link - between changes in technology and changes in wage inequality. The final section explores the relationships between computer investment, worker skills, human resource practices, and productivity at the industry and firm levels.

Contents:

Section 1 Productivity and the Macroeconomy 1

Chapter 1 Productivity and the New Economy / Edward M. Gramlich 3

Chapter 2 Will the Recovered Economy Still Be a New Economy? / Alice M. Rivlin 11

Section 2 Productivity Growth and Technology: What the Future Holds 17

Chapter 3 Projecting Productivity Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Growth Resurgence / Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho, Kevin J. Stiroh 19

Chapter 4 Information Technology and Productivity: Where are We Now and Where are We Going? / Stephen D. Oliner, Daniel E. Sichel 41

Chapter 5 A Discussion of Productivity Growth and Technology / John Fernald 95

Section 3 Skill-Biased Technological Change and Wage Inequality 105

Chapter 6 Skill Demand, Inequality, and Computerization: Connecting the Dots / David H. Autor, Frank Levy, Richard J. Murnane 107

Chapter 7 Technology and U.S. Wage Inequality: A Brief Look / David Card, John E. DiNardo 131

Chapter 8 A Discussion of Skill-Biased Technological Change and Wage Inequality / Donna K. Ginther 161

Section 4 Technology and Productivity in the Firm 169

Chapter 9 Wages, Productivity, and Technology: What Have We Learned from Micro Evidence for U.S. Manufacturing? / John Haltiwanger 171

Chapter 10 A Discussion of Technology and Productivity in the Firm / Robert A. Eisenbeis 187

Chapter 11 Productivity, Computerization, and Skill Change / Edward N. Wolff 197

Chapter 12 Technology Shocks and Problem-Solving Capacity / Kathryn Shaw 235

Chapter 13 A Discussion of Technology and Productivity in the Firm / Paula Stephan 259.

Notes:

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta hosted a conference on January 6 and 7, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1402073542

OCLC:

50960825