Replication data for: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the US Labor Market
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) David H. Autor; David Dorn
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Project Citation:
Autor, David H., and Dorn, David. Replication data for: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the US Labor Market. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112652V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We offer a unified analysis of the growth of low-skill service
occupations between 1980 and 2005 and the concurrent polarization
of US employment and wages. We hypothesize that polarization
stems from the interaction between consumer preferences, which
favor variety over specialization, and the falling cost of automating
routine, codifiable job tasks. Applying a spatial equilibrium model, we
corroborate four implications of this hypothesis. Local labor markets
that specialized in routine tasks differentially adopted information
technology, reallocated low-skill labor into service occupations
(employment polarization), experienced earnings growth at the tails
of the distribution (wage polarization), and received inflows of skilled
labor.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
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