Using tools to distinguish general and occupation-specific skills

Cindy M. Cunningham () and Robert D. Mohr ()
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Cindy M. Cunningham: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert D. Mohr: University of New Hampshire

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2019, vol. 53, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Data on tool use from O*Net’s Tools and Technologies Supplement can, in conjunction with task-based measures, provide a new proxy for measuring and distinguishing general and specific skills at the occupational level. The tools and types of tools used in an occupation generate reasonable proxies for skill that vary across occupations and appear to capture features of occupations that differ from and complement task-based proxies for skill. Wage regressions indicate that job-specific tools, which correspond to particular occupations, are associated with higher pay. Non-specific tools correlate to lower-paying sales, service and administrative occupations.

Keywords: Tool use; Occupation-specific skills; Job skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1186/s12651-019-0256-1

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