The economics of skills obsolescence / Andries de Grip, Jasper van Loo, Ken Mayhew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grip, A. de.

Loo, Jasper van.

Mayhew, Ken.

Series:

Research in labor economics ; v. 21.

Research in labor economics, 0147-9121 ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor economics.

Labor supply--United States.

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : JAI, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Increasingly policy makers are focusing on the importance of skills and lifelong learning. The reason for this is that workers with sufficient and up-to-date skills are more productive and have more potential to remain employed. However, the processes that influence skill obsolescence, have largely been neglected in labor economics. It was in the 1990s that skill issues came to the top of the agenda, because of the general awareness of the rapid technological developments that affect the demand for human capital. Although the analysis of skill-biased technological change is at the heart of this debate, in recent years, the literature has become wider than simple consideration of this aspect and has started to embrace other causes of obsolescence. The papers in this volume are selected from the papers presented at a conference on Understanding Skills Obsolescence. They advance both the theoretical and empirical understanding of the causes and the effects of skills obsolescence.

Contents:

Introduction / Andries De Grip, Jasper Van Loo, Ken Mayhew

The economics of skills obsolescence : a review / Andries De Grip, Jasper Van Loo

New technologies, skills obsolescence, and skill complementarity / Bruce A. Weinberg

Skills obsolescence and technological progress : an empirical analysis of expected skill shortages / Piet Allaart, Marcel Kerkhofs, Jaap de Koning

Do older workers have more trouble using a computer than younger workers? / Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel

Non-biased technological change and growth / Rosa M. Fernández

Employability and the costs of organizing work / Josef Falkinger

Skill obsolescence and wage inequality within education groups / Eric D. Gould, Omer Moav, Bruce A. Weinberg

Economic transformation and the revaluation of human capital Hungary, 1986-1999 / Gábor Kertesi, János Köllo?

When do skills become obsolete, and when does it matter? / Jim Allen, Rolf van der Velden

The obsolescence of skill / Finis Welch, Manuelita Ureta

Age and schooling vintage effects on earnings profiles in Switzerland / JoséV. Ramirez.

Notes:

Selected papers from a conference held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 11-12 May 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

1-281-01480-X

9786611014803

0-08-049461-7

OCLC:

437182233