학술논문
The Role of Within-Occupation Task Change in Wage Development
Document Type
redif-paper
Source
Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association, VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics.
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
We examine how changes in task content over time condition occupational wage development. Using survey data from Germany, we document substantial heterogeneity in within-occupational changes in task content. Combining this evidence with administrative data on individual employment outcomes over a 25-year period, we find important heterogeneity in wage penalties amongst initially routine intensive jobs. While occupations that remain (relatively) routine intensive generate substantial wage penalties, occupations with a decreasing routine intensity experience stable or even increasing wages. These findings cannot be explained by composition or cohort effects.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)