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The growth of low-skill service jobs and the polarization of the US labor market
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - In: The American economic review 103 (2013) 5, pp. 1553-1597
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244859
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The growth of low skill service jobs and the polarization of the US labor market
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2012
We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 and 2005, and the concurrent growth of low skill service occupations. We attribute polarization to the interaction between consumer preferences, which favor variety over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291446
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Inequality and specialization : the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009
automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884083
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Skills-displacing technological change and its impact on jobs: challenging technological alarmism?
McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Redmond, Paul - 2019
contribution of automation to the task content and skills complexity of the jobs of incumbent workers. Despite the recent focus on … the polarising impact of automation and associated reskilling needs of lower-skilled individuals, our evidence also draws …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062977
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Inequality and Specialization : The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States
Autor, David H. - 2015
automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039418
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The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
Autor, David H. - 2012
We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 and 2005, and the concurrent growth of low skill service occupations. We attribute polarization to the interaction between consumer preferences, which favor variety over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096151
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The polarization of employment in German local labor markets
Senftleben, Charlotte; Wielandt, Hanna - 2012
This paper uses the task-based view of technological change to study employment and wage polarization at the level of local labor markets in Germany between 1979 and 2007. In order to directly relate technological change to subsequent employment trends, we exploit variation in the regional task...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487320
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Inequality and specialization: the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009
automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271316
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Automation technologies and employment at risk : the case of Mexico
Cebreros, Alfonso; Heffner-Rodríguez, Aldo; Livas, René; … - 2020
Based on the methodology proposed by Frey and Osborne (2017), we use their estimates for the probability of automation … assessment for the threat that automation may pose to the Mexican labor market. We find that almost two thirds of total … employment is at high risk of automation; slightly more than half if we only consider employment in the formal sector. We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224000
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International trade and job polarization : evidence at the worker level
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hâle - 2023
We employ employer-employee matched data from Denmark and utilize plausibly exogenous variation in the rise of import competition due to the dismantling of import quotas as China entered the World Trade Organization to show, first, that rising import competition has led to reduced employment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014326825