Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction: economic structure, technology and employment -- The analysis of technological change and employment -- Modelling the employment impact of innovation: do compensation mechanisms work? -- Growth and employment: productivity gains versus demand constraints -- The employment impact of product and process innovations -- Organisational innovations, computerisation and employment: evidence from American manufacturing -- Innovation and employment in services: results from the Italian innovation survey -- New technology, growth and job creation: the role of learning strategies -- Innovation and employment in developing countries -- Compensation mechanisms and targeted economic growth: lessons from the history of economic policy -- Conclusions: are employment friendly policies possible? -- Index.