The Skills of Rich and Poor Country Workers.

Autor/inn/en	Slichter, David; Taveras, Elisa; Monge, Daniela
Institution	Munich Personal RePEc Archive
Titel	The Skills of Rich and Poor Country Workers. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Qualifikationen von Arbeitnehmern aus reichen und armen Ländern.
Quelle	München (2021), 52 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	MPRA paper. 106050
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Kognitive Kompetenz; Kreativität; Brasilien; Kreativität; Berufliche Qualifikation; USA; Internationaler Vergleich; Berufsstruktur; Kompetenz; Qualifikationsstruktur; Herkunftsland; Humankapital; Kognitive Kompetenz; Fachkenntnisse; Entwicklungsland; Industriestaat; Humankapital; Berufliche Qualifikation; Berufsstruktur; Qualifikationsstruktur; Internationaler Vergleich; Brasilien; Herkunftsland; USA
Abstract	"We use information on the occupation choices and earnings of immigrants to measure differences in specific skills between workers from rich and poor countries. We have several findings. First, the skills which rich country workers specialize in mirror the skills which high-income individuals specialize in. Second, rich country workers have the greatest advantage in skills related to the ability to generate ideas (like creativity and critical thinking) rather than scientific or technical knowledge. Third, the skills in which rich country workers have the greatest advantage align closely with the skills used in management occupations. Fourth, workers from rich countries are more varied in their skills (e.g., what one Canadian is good at is different from what another Canadian is). These findings do not appear to be accounted for by the non-randomness of immigration or mismeasurement of skills. Overall, our results suggest that rich country workers have skills particularly well-adapted to production processes involving the coordinated efforts of large groups of people." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/3