Skill-Biased Occupation Growth
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Skill-Biased Occupation Growth |
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Number: |
19/21 |
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Author(s): |
Orhun Sevinç |
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Language: |
English |
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Date: |
August 2019 |
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Abstract: |
This paper documents that employment and wage growth of occupations increase monotonically with measures of occupational skill intensity since 1980 in the US, contrary to the popular interpretation of labor market polarization. Skill-biased occupation growth is not driven by a specific gender, age group, decade, or occupation classification. A simple extension of routinization framework which allows for skill heterogeneities within occupations is capable of jointly explaining skill-biased occupation growth and polarization as well as their evolution over time. |
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Keywords: |
Occupations, Skills, Inequality, Technological change |
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JEL Codes: |
J20; J24; J31; O33 |
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