Information technology, workplace organization, and the demand for skilled labor: Firm-level evidence

被引：1349

作者：

Bresnahan, TF ^{[1
]}

Brynjolfsson, E

Hitt, LM

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Econ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] MIT, Alfred P Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[3] Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

来源：

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 2002年 / 117卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1162/003355302753399526

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We investigate the hypothesis that the combination of three related innovations-1) information technology (IT), 2) complementary workplace reorganization, and 3) new products and services-constitute a significant skill-biased technical change affecting labor demand in the United States. Using detailed firm-level data, we find evidence of complementarities among all three of these innovations in factor demand and productivity regressions. In addition, firms that adopt these innovations tend to use more skilled labor. The effects of IT on labor demand are greater when IT is combined with the particular organizational investments we identify, highlighting the importance of IT-enabled organizational change.

引用

页码：339 / 376

页数：38

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