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What are the consequences of innovative activity on the demand for labor and on wages? While economists have been quite active in theoretically and empirically describing innovative activity, the empirical literature concerned with the differentiated effects of new technologies on the demand for heterogeneous labor and on wages is quite recent. Moreover, just as it was the case for studies on research and research organization, most scholars analyze manufacturing industries and leave out services, although the service sector usually is the most promising part of developed economies in terms of employment gains.
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Kaiser, U. (2002). New technologies, wages and employment. In: Innovation, Employment, and Firm Performance in the German Service Sector. ZEW Economic Studies, vol 16. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57453-5_4
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