Gendered wage effects of changes in job tasks: Evidence from Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Wicht, Alexandra; Müller, Nora; Pollak, Reinhard; Anger, Silke
Titel	Gendered wage effects of changes in job tasks: Evidence from Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Geschlechtsspezifische Lohneffekte von Veränderungen der Arbeitsaufgaben: Evidenz aus Deutschland.
Quelle	(2023), 26 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	SocArXiv papers
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.31235/osf.io/5dcgw
Schlagwörter	Technologische Entwicklung; Einkommensunterschied; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnhöhe; Arbeitsplatzwechsel; Qualifikationsanforderung; Tätigkeitswandel; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; NEPS (National Educational Panel Study); Deutschland
Abstract	"While previous research showed that technological progress and digitization change job taskswithin occupations and that these occupation-level changes in job tasks affect the wagestructure and personal wages, little is known about whether individual changes in job tasksaffect personal earnings. Following the task-biased technological change approach, weanalyze whether individuals who take on more non-routine job tasks with a low automationrisk (complex and autonomous tasks) are rewarded with higher wages. Accounting for thestrong gender segregation of the German labor market, we separately analyze men andwomen and, due to the rigid German labor market, additionally account for job changes as apotential moderator. We use three-wave panel data covering a period of nine years from the German National Educational Panel Study. Our results from fixed-effects regressions showthat there is substantial heterogeneity in the relationship between changes in non-routine jobtasks and wages by gender and between those who have or have not changed jobs, which ismasked when looking at average wage differentials by non-routine job tasks. While bothgenders benefit from increased task complexity in job changes, the impact is morepronounced for females, helping to slightly narrow the still persistent gender wage gap.However, when taking on more autonomous tasks in job changes, males experiencesignificant benefits, further contributing to the widening of the gender wage gap. In essence,our findings underscore gender-specific monetary returns to increasing non-routine tasks,particularly highlighting the ability of male job changers to monetarize their newly assignedtasks." The study refers to the period 2011-2020. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1