Job polarization, job tasks and the role of firms
(2016) In Economics Letters 145. p.246-251- Abstract
Using detailed Swedish matched employer–employee data, I show evidence of within-firm job polarization. Applying a decomposition framework, I find that both within-firm and between-firm components are important for overall job polarization. Results also indicate that the degree of routineness is the most important explanation for the observed within-firm pattern. Bringing the analysis down to the firm level seems to confirm the important role played by routine-biased technological change.
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- author
- Heyman, Fredrik LU
- publishing date
- 2016-08-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Automation, Job polarization, Job tasks, Matched employer–employee data, Routinization
- in
- Economics Letters
- volume
- 145
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84979021995
- ISSN
- 0165-1765
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.06.032
- language
- English
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- 576315b9-f9bb-4780-8273-d11609eec03c
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