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Title: General Purpose Technologies: engines of change?

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: This dissertation examines the relevance of technology in explaining structural and cyclical changes in the labor and product markets. The first chapter focuses on computers and the labor market, the second chapter on electricity and the labor market, and the third chapter focuses on computers and the goods market. The three chapters rely on a General Purpose Technology and on the distinction between routine and nonroutine jobs. A General Purpose Technology has three characteristics: it has pervasive use in all industries, it improves over time, and it is able to foster other innovations. This dissertation considers the technology of computers in the second half of the 20th century and electricity in the first half.

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Authors: Morin, Miguel

Institution: Columbia University

Department: Economics

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Degree: Ph.D

Publisher Location: New York

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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