Technological Change and Employment: Innovations in the German Economy

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Employment Effects of Modern Technology -- PART I : ENTERPRISE LEVEL -- The Effects of the Use of Computer-Aided Technology in Industrial Enterprises: It's the Context that Counts -- The Diffusion of New Technologies and their Effects in the Private Service Sector -- Changes in Enterprise Size and Employment Levels in the Branches of the Federal Republic of Germany 1980 to 1986 -- PART II: INDUSTRIES -- Innovation, Growth and Employment -- The Effects of Research and Development on Employment, Prices and Foreign Trade -- The Labor Market Effects of New Technologies - an Econometric Study for the Federal Republic of Germany -- Technological Change and Employment Structures -- Innovation and Labor Market Dynamics -- PART III: MACRO-ECONOMICS -- Intersectoral Effects of the Use of Industrial Robots and CNCMachine Tools - An Empirical Input-Output Analysis -- TANDEM: Simulations within the Innovation-Growth- Employment-Circuit -- Perspectives for Macro-Economic Development at Different Rates of Innovative Activity -- References -- The Authors