Trade and tasks. An exploration over three decades in Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas
Institution	CESifo GmbH
Titel	Trade and tasks. An exploration over three decades in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Handel und Tätigkeiten. Eine explorative Studie über drei Jahrzehnte in Deutschland.
Quelle	München (2014), 88 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CESifo working paper. 5122
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	2364-1428
Schlagwörter	Leistungsdruck; Arbeitsanforderung; Außenhandel; Branche; Gütermarkt; Import; Lohn; Arbeit; Berufswandel; Qualifikationswandel; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Tätigkeitswandel; Dienstleistungsbereich; Neuer Beruf; Abhängig Beschäftigter
Abstract	This paper combines representative worker-level data that cover time-varying job-level task characteristics of an economy over a long time span with sector-level bilateral trade data for merchandize and services. We carefully create longitudinally consistent workplace characteristics from the German Qualification and Career Survey 1979-2006 and prepare trade flow statistics from varying sources. Four main facts emerge: (i) intermediate inputs constitute a major share of imports, and their relevance grows especially in the early decade; (ii) the German workforce increasingly specializes in workplace activities and job requirements that are typically considered non-offshorable, mainly within and not between sectors and occupations; (iii) the imputed activity and job requirement content of German imports grows relatively more intensive in work characteristics typically considered offshorable; and (iv) labour-market institutions at German trade partners are largely unrelated to the changing task content of German imports but German sector-level outcomes exhibit some covariation consistent with faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/4