Computers and the demand for skilled labour: industry- and establishment-level panel evidence for the UK

Empirical evidence shows that the advent of computers undermines the demand for skilled labor. This can be gleaned from an analysis of panel data in the UK, where most aggregate skill-upgrading results from within-establishment increases in skill composition. The relationship between computerization and demand for skilled labor is significant for different worker and computer types, human capital upgrading, endogeneity and other technology variables.