Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities.

Autor/inn/en	Arntz, Melanie; Lipowski, Cäcilia; Neidhöfer, Guido; Zierahn-Weilage, Ulrich
Titel	Computers as Stepping Stones? Technological Change and Equality of Labor Market Opportunities. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Computer als Sprungbretter? Technologischer Wandel und Chancengleichheit auf dem Arbeitsmarkt.
Quelle	In: Journal of labor economics, (2023) online first, 41 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-5307
DOI	10.1086/727490
Schlagwörter	Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Computerprogramm; Technologische Entwicklung; Einkommensunterschied; Mobilität; Einkommenseffekt; Arbeitsmarktchance; Berufliche Mobilität; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Benachteiligung; Einflussfaktor; Generationswechsel; Deutschland
Abstract	"This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by increasing the returns to skills relative to the returns to parental background. We find that in Germany during the 1990s, the introduction of computer technologies improved the access to technology-adopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents, and reduced their wage penalty within these occupations. We also show that this significantly contributed to a decline in the overall wage penalty experienced by workers from disadvantaged parental back-grounds over this time period. Competing mechanisms, such as skill-specific labor supply shocks and skill-upgrading, do not explain these findings." The study refers to the period 1979-2015. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1