Job polarization, job tasks and the role of firms

Fredrik Heyman

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 145, issue C, 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.

Keywords: Job polarization; Job tasks; Routinization; Automation; Matched employer–employee data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.06.032

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