Arbeitspapier

Occupational Mobility of Routine Workers

This paper analyzes whether occupational polarization takes place within workers or due to changes in the composition of workers by using comprehensive panel data from Finland. The decomposition analysis shows that the decrease in mid-level routine occupations and the simultaneous increase in high-level abstract occupations is largely a within-worker phenomenon. In contrast, the share of low-skilled nonroutine manual tasks has largely increased through entry dynamics. Data on plant closures are used to identify involuntary separations from routine occupations. These results demonstrate a strong, uneven adjustment pattern, with routine cognitive workers being more able to move to abstract tasks and adjust with smaller wage costs than routine manual workers.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14190

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Demand
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Thema
job market polarization
routine manual
routine cognitive
decomposition
occupational mobility
displacement

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Maczulskij, Terhi
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2021

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
12.07.2024, 13:22 MESZ

Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Maczulskij, Terhi
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2021

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