Spillovers from High-Skill Consumption toLow-Skill Labor Markets

Census data show that since 1980 low-skill workers in the United States have beenincreasingly employed in the provision of non-tradeable time-intensive services - such asfood preparation and cleaning - that can be broadly thought as substitutes of homeproduction activities. Meanwhile the wage gap between this sector and the rest of theeconomy has shrunk...

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Year of publication:	2007-09-01
Authors:	Mazzolari, Francesca ; Ragusa, Giuseppe
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Dienstleistung \| services management \| Arbeit \| Labor \| Niedriglohn \| Kundendienst

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Extent:	623616 bytes 47 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3048 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Business operations of other services ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; USA
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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