Job polarization and the declining quality of knowledge workers: Evidence from the UK and Germany

被引：12

作者：

Cavaglia, Chiara ^{[1
]}

Etheridge, Ben ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] London Sch Econ, Ctr Econ Performance, Ctr Vocat Educ Res, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England

[2] Univ Essex, Dept Econ, Wivenhoe Pk, Colchester CO7 9AB, Essex, England

来源：

LABOUR ECONOMICS | 2020年 / 66卷

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

Job polarization; Task prices; Roy model; Height; Cognitive ability; LABOR-MARKET OUTCOMES; TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; SKILL CONTENT; WAGE; HEIGHT; EARNINGS; STATURE; HEALTH; TASKS; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101884

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Across the developed world, employment has polarized clearly by occupation, but changes to the wage structure have been harder to interpret. We examine changes to the wage structure in the UK and Germany, two countries with apparently very different trends. Using panel data, we argue that changes to quality-adjusted prices for occupations grouped by predominant tasks correlate strongly with employment growth in both countries, consistently with task-based changes to labour demand. The gap between price and average wage changes is strongest in top (knowledge) jobs, implying that the average quality of these workers has declined over time. We obtain further direct evidence on changes to worker quality using rich data on individual characteristics.

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