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Economy and Finance
Scientific paper

Facing the Digital Transformation: are Digital Skills Enough?

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Identification
Economic Brief 054
Publication date
8 July 2020
Authors
Maria Chiara Morandini | Anna Thum-Thysen | Anneleen Vandeplas | Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

Description

This paper examines the skills that are needed to take advantage of the possibilities offered by digital technology and suggests that both cognitive and non-cognitive skills exhibit a strong and robust positive correlation with aggregate labour productivity.

Information and identifiers

Economic Brief 054. July 2020. Brussels. PDF. 26pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BE-18-022-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-77383-9 (online)
ISSN 2443-8022 (online)
doi:10.2765/846577 (online)

JEL classification: J24, I20, O15

Disclaimer

European Economy Economic Briefs are written by the staff of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs to inform discussion on economic policy and to stimulate debate. The views expressed in this document are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of the European Commission.

Facing the Digital Transformation: are Digital Skills Enough?

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Facing the Digital Transformation: are Digital Skills Enough?
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