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The paper reports results from a survey of the labor market experience of the 2001-02 class of Ph.D. economists. The authors estimate that 850 economics Ph.D.s were awarded by U.S. universities in 2001-02, down about 100 from five years earlier.

The paper examines the relationship between technology adoption and workforce skill in U.S. manufacturing plants. Using information on the use and adoption of seven different information technologies, the authors find that the relationship between technology adoption and workforce skill varies across the technologies.

The paper examines whether foreign-owned firms pay higher wages than domestically owned firms, controlling for a number of firm characteristics. In particular, skilled labor seems to profit from working in foreign-owned firms.

The paper studies the employment effects of technological change when benefits are endogenous. Technological change is shown to have employment effects (only) if it is skill-biased and if this link exists.

The primary focus of the paper is the impact of knowledge creation and innovative activity on non-farm employment growth. The authors find strong evidence of local spatial employment growth spillovers contributing in a positive manner to explaining non-farm employment growth.

Empirical labour economics largely considers that wages and hours of work are sufficient indicators of job quality. Using information on 14,000 workers in 19 OECD countries, the author shows that workers actually say that wages and hours are amongst the least important characteristics of a job.

The study addresses the question: Are workers who hold a university degree increasingly filling job openings meant for people with lower levels of schooling? It focuses on Portugal, where the higher education system has been expanding at a fast pace and the share of university graduates in total labour force has been increasing, but where the unemployment rate for such workers has also been increasing.

The paper investigates the impact of the adoption of e-business technologies on workforce displacement. A case study approach is applied to examine both direct and indirect employment associated with the adoption and production of new technologies.

The paper studies the effects of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in manufacturing industries of two transition countries, Estonia and Slovenia. The emphasis is on the dimension of export and local market orientation.

The paper studies the effects of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in manufacturing industries of two transition countries, Estonia and Slovenia. The emphasis is on the dimension of export and local market orientation.