Routine-Biased Technological Change and Declining Employment Rate of Immigrants

Younjun Kim () and Eric Thompson
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Younjun Kim: Southern Connecticut State University
Eric Thompson: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Eastern Economic Journal, 2021, vol. 47, issue 3, No 1, 319-353

Abstract: Abstract We find that routine-biased technological change decreases the employment-to-population ratio of foreign-born population over the last three decades (1980–2010). This impact is greater for foreign-born population with lower English proficiency. As computerization and automation substitute for workers in routine occupations, switching from routine jobs to non-routine cognitive jobs may be more challenging for foreign-born workers than for native workers.

Keywords: Routine-biased technological change; Immigrants; Language proficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J24 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1057/s41302-021-00192-w

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