dc.contributor |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia |
dc.contributor |
Mañé Vernet, Ferran |
dc.contributor.author |
Fibla Gasparín, Ma. Teresa |
dc.date.accessioned |
2012-02-01T16:12:09Z |
dc.date.available |
2012-02-01T16:12:09Z |
dc.date.created |
2010 |
dc.date.issued |
2010 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2072/179597 |
dc.format.extent |
38 p. |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2010-31 |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.rights |
L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
dc.source |
RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya) |
dc.subject.other |
Recursos humans |
dc.subject.other |
Productivitat laboral |
dc.subject.other |
Empreses -- Innovacions tecnològiques |
dc.title |
Productivity and human capital: a business-level analysis |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper |
dc.subject.udc |
331 - Treball. Relacions laborals. Ocupació. Organització del treball |
dc.subject.udc |
65 - Gestió i organització. Administració i direcció d'empreses. Publicitat. Relacions públiques. Mitjans de comunicació de masses |
dc.embargo.terms |
cap |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper aims to analyse the impact of human capital on business productivity,
focusing the analysis on the possible effect of the complementarity that exists between
human capital and new production technologies, particularly advanced manufacturing
technologies (AMTs) for the specific case of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in
Catalonia. Additionally, following the theory of skill-biased technological change, the
paper analyses whether technological change produces bias exclusively in the skills
required for managers, or whether the bias extends to the skills required of production
staff. With this objective, we have compared the possible existence of complementarity
between AMTs and the level of human capital for different occupational groups. The
results confirm the complementary relationship between human capital and new
production technologies. The results by occupational group confirm that to maximise the
productivity of new technologies, skilled staff are needed both in management and
production, with managers and professionals as well as skilled operatives playing a vital role. Keywords: human capital, process technologies, complementarity, business productivity. (JEL D24, J24, O30). |