Job Polarization in Aging Economies

Eva Moreno Galbis and Thepthida Sopraseuth

No 2013-08, THEMA Working Papers from THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise

Abstract: This paper extends on French data a previous finding on US data: employment growth has been more important in the lower and upper tail of the job quality distribution. The originality of the paper is to argue that the diffusion of ICT cannot explain alone the polarization at the lower tail of the distribution. However, when combined with population aging, our framework predicts a progressive concentration of employment in the service sector (bottom tail of the job quality distribution). This results from a purely demand shift, since, as revealed by our estimations goods and services are complementary for seniors. The decrease in the relative price of goods induced by ICT diffusion is thus associated with an increased demand for services if the proportion of seniors is increasing.

Keywords: Job Polarization; Occupational Structure; Aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 J21 J24 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-dem, nep-lab and nep-lma
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Journal Article: Job polarization in aging economies (2014)
Working Paper: Job polarization in aging economies (2014)
Working Paper: Job Polarization in Aging Economies (2012)
Working Paper: Job Polarization in Aging Economies (2012)
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