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The Growth of Information Workers in the U.S. Economy, 1950-1990: The Role of Technological Change, Computerization, and Structural Change

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  • Wolff, E.N.
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This paper uses data form the U.S. Decennial Censuses of 1950 through 1990 to measure the growth of information workers in the U.S. economy and analyse the sources of their growth.

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  • Wolff, E.N., 1996. "The Growth of Information Workers in the U.S. Economy, 1950-1990: The Role of Technological Change, Computerization, and Structural Change," Working Papers 96-41, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
    • Handle: RePEc:cvs:starer:96-41
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    Cited by:

    1. Hilbert, Martin R., 2001. "From industrial economics to digital economics: an introduction to the transition," Desarrollo Productivo 4483, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
    2. David H. Autor & Frank Levy & Richard J. Murnane, 2002. "Upstairs, Downstairs: Computers and Skills on Two Floors of a Large Bank," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 55(3), pages 432-447, April.
    3. Ahmed, M. Iqbal & Farah, Quazi Fidia, 2022. "On the macroeconomic effects of news about innovations of information technology," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    4. David H. Autor & Lawrence F. Katz & Alan B. Krueger, 1998. "Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 113(4), pages 1169-1213.

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    Keywords

    INFORMATION INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WORKERS; PRODUCTIVITY;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada

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