Technological change, training, and within-firm wage inequality in Germany.

Autor/in	Müller, Christoph
Titel	Technological change, training, and within-firm wage inequality in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Technologischer Wandel, Ausbildung und innerbetriebliche Lohnunterschiede in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, (2023) online first, 19 September 2023, 14 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcad051
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsbeteiligung; Bildungsertrag; Technologische Entwicklung; Einkommensunterschied; Investition; Unternehmen; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Innerbetriebliche Hierarchie; Weiterbildung; Auswirkung; IAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatz; Hoch Qualifizierter; Deutschland
Abstract	"Technological change increases the demand for higher skills and fosters wage inequality. Studies on technological change often emphasize the importance of training to adapt workers' skills to technology use and mitigate inequality. However, we know little about firms' training activities and their consequences for inequality in the context of technological change. This article investigates, first, whether firms' decisions to invest in information technology (IT) are associated with skill bias in firms' training activities, whether this is conditional on the job tasks of workers, and, whether the relationship between IT investments and training activities affects the wage gap within firms. Using linked employer-employee data containing detailed information about investments and training, I show that firms' IT investments have a large positive effect on the training participation of high-skilled workers. In contrast, the positive effect on low-skilled workers is smaller, short lasting and conditional on workers job tasks. Additional investigations show that the training of high-skilled workers mediates approximately 5 per cent of the effect of IT investments on wage inequality within firms. In the conclusions, I highlight the broader implications of these findings for the effects of technological change for inequality in training opportunities." The study refers to the period 1993-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Oxford University Press).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1