Are Jobs More Polarized in ICT Firms?

Petri Böckerman (), Seppo Laaksonen and Jari Vainiomäki ()

No 9851, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We perform decompositions and regression analyses that test the routinization hypothesis and implied job polarization at the firm level. Prior studies have focused on the aggregate, industry or local levels. Our results for the abstract and routine occupation groups are consistent with the routinization hypothesis at the firm level. The observed changes are linked to ICT adoption. Thus, disappearing middle-level (routine) work can be traced to firm-level technological change.

Keywords: skill-biased technological change; job polarization; routinization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J24 J31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2016-03
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Published - published as 'Does ICT Usage Erode Routine Occupations at the Firm Level?' in: Labour, 2019, 33 (1), 26-47

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