| Title | Creative Disruption: Technology Innovation, Labour Demand and the Pandemic |
| Date | September 28, 2023 (Thursday) 17:00-18:30 |
| Location | Hybrid (Room 709, Building 3) |
| Abstract | We utilize a new survey on Norwegian firms’ digitalization and technology investments, linked to population-wide register data, to show that the pandemic massively disrupted the technology investment plans of firms, not only postponing investments, but also introducing new technologies. More productive firms innovated, while less productive firms postponed investments. Most innovations were permanent, not due to acceleration of existing plans, thus the pandemic yields longterm influence in directions unanticipated before the pandemic. The new technologies are associated with increased labour demand for skilled workers, and reduced demand for unskilled workers, particularly for the more productive firms. |
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| Note | Joint with Personnel Economics Workshop. For those who want to participate on Zoom, please register via the following URL https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoduqgrzIpHNNVkaylbOS7s1FUPIsHmgaN |