Educational upgrading, structural change and the task composition of jobs in Europe

Hardy, Wojciech; Keister, Roma; Lewandowski, Piotr

doi:10.1111/ecot.12145

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“…30 I use the crosswalks developed by Hardy, Keister, and Lewandowski (2018) and Muendler, Poole, Ramey, and Wajnberg (2004) to match O*NET SOC occupations to CBO Brazil occupations. Table A. Table 1.…”

Section: Routine Task Intensitymentioning

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Does Automation Lead to De-Industrialization in Emerging Economies? - Evidence from Brazil

Stemmler

2019

SSRN Journal

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This paper investigates several channels through which automation affects an emerging economy. Building on a Ricardian model of trade with sectoral linkages and a two-stage production technology, in which robots replace labor in certain tasks, it is shown that domestic and foreign automation have differential effects on labor markets. Based on this model, the impact of automation on local labor markets in Brazil are estimated using a shift-share approach. Local labor market exposures to industry-level stocks of robots are derived from their initial industry-employment composition. Foreign automation is found to decrease manufacturing employment through the channel of final goods exports, while it increases employment in the mining sector through the channel of input exports. This may stimulate what has been called "premature deindustrialization" in emerging economies. To account for possible endogeneity in adopting robots domestically, robot uptake in other emerging economies is used as an instrumental variable. Domestic automation is found to directly decrease the ratio of unskilled industry workers and increase the ratio of skilled workers. Also, the wage gap between the two groups widens as a consequence of domestic automation, reinforcing income inequality.

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Section: Routine Task Intensitymentioning

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Does Automation Lead to De-Industrialization in Emerging Economies? - Evidence from Brazil

Stemmler

2019

SSRN Journal

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“…The task content measures calculated from the survey data are consistent with those defined using O*NET (Hardy et al 2018a;Lewandowski et al 2019). The definition follows the original approach of Autor et al (2003), which has since been picked up by numerous studies (Acemoglu and Autor 2011;Handel 2012;Hardy et al 2018b;Lo Bello et al 2019;Spitz-Oener 2006).…”

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confidence: 74%

Implications of the changing nature of work for employment and inequality in Ghana

Gradín¹,

Schotte²

2020

WIDER Working Paper

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“…Zatiaľ čo ekonomický výskum v oblasti trhu práce vo vyspelých ekonomikách analyzuje zmeny až na úrovni pracovných úloh, výskum v podmienkach V4 na takejto úrovni analyzuje iba niekoľko prác (napr. Hardy, Keister, Lewandowski, 2016, 2018. Výsledky týchto prác naznačujú výrazný posun k nerutinným kognitívnym pracovným úlohám a naopak pokles v intenzite manuálnych pracovných úloh v krajinách V4.…”

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“…Inými slovami ide o to, ako sa zmení dopyt po práci, za predpokladu, že objem produkcie daného tovaru sa v odvetví nezmení. Výskumu zmien na trhu práce až na úroveň pracovných úloh sa v krajinách V4 venuje niekoľko prác od kolektívu autorov, z ktorých najnovšia (Hardy, Keister, Lewandowski, 2018) porovnáva vývoj v intenzite pracovných úloh v krajinách strednej a východnej Európy s krajinami s vyspelými európskymi ekonomikami. Podobne ako v predchádzajúcich prácach (napr.…”

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The Impact of Technical Change on Employment Structure in the Visegrad Group Countries

Martinák¹

2020

Politicka ekonomie

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The Impact of Technical Change on Employment Structure in the Visegrad Group Countries The analysis builds on existing empirical and theoretical literature in the field of job polarization, which is primarily focused on advanced economies. Hypotheses of the incidence of "skill-biased" and "routine-biased" technical change in the Visegrad group countries are verified in the analysis. The aim is to find out whether the impact of technical change on the labour market in the V4 countries is similar to or different than that in advanced economies. The analytical part is primarily performed on the EU-LFS. The results suggest that the structure of the labour market has changed in the V4 countries in a heterogeneous way. In Hungary and Slovakia, there was an apparent slight job polarization over the period under review. In addition, the evidence suggests that the technical change in these countries may be of a "routine-biased" nature. On the contrary, the pattern of "upgrading" was evident in the Czech Republic and Poland, where the evidence suggests "skill-biased" technical change.

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Educational upgrading, structural change and the task composition of jobs in Europe

Cited by 85 publications

References 25 publications

Does Automation Lead to De-Industrialization in Emerging Economies? - Evidence from Brazil

Does Automation Lead to De-Industrialization in Emerging Economies? - Evidence from Brazil

Implications of the changing nature of work for employment and inequality in Ghana

The Impact of Technical Change on Employment Structure in the Visegrad Group Countries

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