Automation and job polarization: on the decline of middling occupations in Europe

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Jerbashian, Vahagn
Automation and job polarization: on the decline of middling occupations in Europe.
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. Roč. 81, č. 5 (2019), s. 1095-1116. ISSN 0305-9049. E-ISSN 1468-0084
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GBP402/12/G097
Institucionální podpora: Progres-Q24
Klíčová slova: job polarization * information technologies * gender
Obor OECD: Applied Economics, Econometrics
Impakt faktor: 0.918, rok: 2019
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obes.12298

Using data from 10 Western European countries, I provide evidence that the fall in prices of information technologies (IT) is associated with a lower share of employment in middle‐wage occupations and a higher share of employment in high wage occupations in industries which depend more on IT relative to industries which depend less. Similar results hold within gender and age groups, with notable differences in these groups. For instance, the share of employment in high wage occupations among males has increased less than among females with the fall in IT prices.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0300041