...large of research focussing on the relationships between technical change and the labour market, addressing issues such as the effects of recent technologies and the diffusion of computers on workplace organisation, the organisation of production, income distribution and the demand for skills, and in turn the way in which the skill structure affects technology adoption. This issue of the Review brings together five articles providing new insights and perspectives on the relationship between technology, jobs and skills.

The question of whether and by how much computer use affects pay has been much debated. The first article, by Francis Green et al., reviews the literature on this topic, which ranges from studies that suggest computers are associated with significant pay premia for workers who use them in their jobs or who work in firms where computer use is relatively widespread, to studies that...

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