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Technology, MNEs Activity and Italian Skill Upgrading
The paper analyses empirically whether skill-biased
technological change and foreign direct investment play a role in explaining the skill-upgrading in Italian manufacturing industry during the 1990s. Empirical evidence does not provide support that the research and development effort undertaken in high-tech sectors by each group of firms has influence on Italian skill upgrading.
Link
http://www.economia.unimi.it/pubb/wp205.pdf