The impact on the skill premium of the task content of jobs : evidence from online job ads for Chile 2009 - 2018

Jorge Campos-Gonzalez

We evaluate the influence on the skill premium of the task content of jobs by exploiting the text data from online job ads covering 2009-2018 (over 189,000 ads) published by one of the leading Chilean online job portals (www.trabajando.com). Our analysis tests the expected complementarity between skilled labour, non-routine cognitive (analytical and interactive), and routine cognitive tasks. Our results show weak evidence of the influence on the skill premium of our task-related measures. Nevertheless, some implications arise from this apparent decrease in the importance of the tasks skilled workers typically perform, such as inefficient educational investment or unwanted changes in the occupational ladder.

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Alternative title:	El impacto del contenido de tareas de los empleos en la prima salarial de trabajadores calificados
Year of publication:	2025
Authors:	Campos-Gonzalez, Jorge
Published in:	Estudios de economía. - Santiago : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 0718-5286, ZDB-ID 2162059-3. - Vol. 52.2025, 1, p. 133-189
Subject:	Task content \| Skill premium \| Cognitive tasks \| Routinisation \| Technological change \| Skilled labour \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Chile \| Anforderungsprofil \| Occupational profile \| Fachkräfte \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Kognition \| Cognition \| Bildungsertrag \| Returns to education \| Arbeitsnachfrage \| Labor demand

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/315395 [Handle]
Classification:	i26 ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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