Restructuring Production and Work

Assar Lindbeck and Dennis Snower

No 602, Seminar Papers from Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies

Abstract: The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labor 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 labor market, raising the wages and job opportunities of some workers relative to others.

Keywords: Restructuring of firms; technological change; information flows; employment; labor market segmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J24 L23 M12 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 1997-10-30
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