This study provides new evidence on skill requirements in the labor market and shows to what extent skill demand is … employment service, I identify the most common skill requirements mentioned in job descriptions. Because employers in Austria are … legally required to state the minimum remuneration for advertised positions, it is possible to relate the skill content of …

This article explores whether a relationship exists between the skill shortages that a market faces, and the wages in … that workers in markets with higher levels of skill shortages receive higher wages, although this effect is minimal. For … the average individual in the dataset, a one standard deviation increase in the level of skill shortages would lead to a …

This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of job polarisation over time and across skill groups in the UK … decrease and the distribution of their employment shift towards the bottom of the occupational skill distribution. The increase … prevailing technology-based explanation for job polarisation. Overall, the importance of occupational changes between skill …

- negligible in lower skill occupations. Even more important channels contributing to the pay disadvantage of women working part …

This study provides strong evidence for an increase in wage inequality induced by skill-biased technological change in … the UK manufacturing industry between 1991 and 2006. Using individual level data from the BHPS and industry level data …

the UK manufacturing industry between 1991 and 2006. Using individual level data from the BHPS and industry level data … inequality ; skill-biased technological change ; ability-biased technological change ; United Kingdom …