Restructuring Production and Work

Assar Lindbeck and Dennis Snower

No 1323, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations. The restructuring process is shown to create demands for new combinations of skills and thereby 'resegment' the labour market, raising the wages and job opportunities of some workers relative to others.

Keywords: Employment; Information Flows; Labour Market Segmentation; Restructuring of Firms; Technological Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J24 L23 M12 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-12
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