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Autor/in | Wolcott, Erin L. |
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Titel | Employment inequality: Why do the low-skilled work less now? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Ungleiche Beschäftigung: Warum arbeiten die Geringqualifizierten jetzt weniger? |
Quelle | In: Journal of monetary economics, (2021) 118, S. 161-177
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0304-3932 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2020.09.004 |
Schlagwörter | Automatisierung; Technologische Entwicklung; Erwerbsquote; Globalisierung; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Arbeitsuche; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Hoch Qualifizierter; Online; USA |
Abstract | "Low-skilled prime-age men are less likely to be employed than high-skilled prime-age men, and the differential has increased since the 1970s. I build a search model encompassing three explanations: (1) automation and trade reduced the demand for low-skilled workers; (2) health, welfare, and recreational gaming/computer technology reduced the supply of low-skilled workers; and (3) factors affecting job search, such as online job boards, reduced frictions for high-skilled workers. I find a shift in demand away from low-skilled workers was the leading cause, a shift in supply had little effect, and search frictions actually reduced employment inequality." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2021 Elsevier). |
Erfasst von | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg |
Update | 2021/3 |