Diffusion and the employment effects of information and communication technology.
Part of a special issue on employment policy in the global economy. Information and communication technology (ICT) has had tremendous global influence, arguably ushering in a new, postindustrial age. ICT both creates and destroys jobs, and it lowers costs, counters inflation, and increases competit...
| Published in: | International Labour Review Vol. 134; no. 4-5; pp. 587 - 604 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1995
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