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Technology and demand for skilled labor in Turkish private manufacturing industries

Author(s) -

Tolga Aksoy

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

panoeconomicus

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 2217-2386

pISSN - 1452-595X

DOI - 10.2298/pan0902261a

Subject(s) - turkish , labor demand , economics , labour economics , panel data , manufacturing , industrial revolution , technological change , on demand , business , commerce , econometrics , macroeconomics , marketing , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law , wage

This paper examines the relationship between technology and demand for skilled labor both historically and empirically. First, it is pointed out that the Industrial Revolution substituted skilled labor with unskilled labor since it has a de-skilling characteristic. Second, the skill-bias feature of Information and Communication Technologies Revolution is suggested. Finally, the effect of technological progress on the demand for skilled labor is tested for Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries. According to the static panel data estimation results, there is a positive but weak relationship between technological progress and demand for skilled labor

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