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  The Economic JournalVolume 116 Issue 509, Pages F73 - F93 Published Online: 7 Feb 2006 Journal compilation © 2010 by the Royal Economic Society (Registered Charity No. 231508) Published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 155K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  New technologies, organisation and age: firm-level evidence* * We are indebted to Andrea Bassanini, Sandra Black, Lex Borghans, Bruno Crépon, Annie Jolivet, Richard Murnane, Sébastien Roux, Bas ter Weel, John Van Reenen and an anonymous referee for most valuable suggestions. We also thank participants to the INSEE Division 'Marchés et Stratégies d'Entreprises', DEEE and 'Recherche' seminars, to the MERIT Workshop on 'Information Technology and New Industry and Labour Market Dynamics', to the 2004 EALE conference and to a seminar at Padova University for useful comments. All remaining errors are our own. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from DARES (French Ministry of Labour). Copyright 2006 Royal Economic Society ABSTRACTWe investigate the relationships between new technologies, innovative workplace practices and the age structure of the workforce in a sample of French firms. We find evidence that the wage-bill share of older workers is lower in innovative firms and that the opposite holds for younger workers. This age bias affects both men and women. It is also evidenced within occupational groups. More detailed analysis of employment inflows and outflows shows that new technologies essentially affect older workers through reduced hiring opportunities. In contrast, organisational innovations mainly affect their probability of exit, which decreases much less than for younger workers following reorganisation. | 
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