Future of Work Seminar Series: Computers as Stepping Stones [Video]

Dr. Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage from Utrecht University explains how technological change has promoted equal opportunities in the labour market. Research shows that in Germany during the 1990s, the introduction of computer technologies improved the access to technology-adopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents, and reduced the so-called “wage penalty” within these occupations. Can these results be generalized? Yes, but only when certain conditions are fulfilled, Zierahn-Weilage, explains.

In this video, Dr. Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage discusses the publication “Computers as Stepping Stones”, which he wrote together with Melanie Arntz, Guido Neidhöfer, and Cäcilia Lipowski for the journal of Labor Economics.

Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage is Associate Professor of Economics and Data Analytics at the Utrecht University School of Economics. He is also a Research Associate at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany. His research focuses on the consequences of digitalization and globalization for the dynamics of individual labour market careers and for the economic performance of regional labour markets.

This video was filmed at the startup incubator UtrechtInc and is a production of the Future of Work platform of Utrecht University.

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