Trading away what kind of jobs? Globalization, trade and tasks in the US economy.

Autor/inn/en	Kemeny, Thomas; Rigby, David
Titel	Trading away what kind of jobs? Globalization, trade and tasks in the US economy.
Quelle	In: Review of world economics, 148 (2012) 1, S. 1-16 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1610-2878; 1610-2886
DOI	10.1007/s10290-011-0099-5
Schlagwörter	Arbeitsanforderung; Außenhandel; Beschäftigungseffekt; Globalisierung; Niedriglohn; Outsourcing; Niedrig qualifizierte Arbeit; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Qualifikationsanforderung; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Auswirkung; Internationale Arbeitsorganisation; Ausland; USA
Abstract	"Economists and other social scientists are calling for a reassessment of the impact of international trade on labor markets in developed and developing countries. Classical models of globalization and trade, based upon the international exchange of finished goods, fail to capture the fragmentation of much commodity production and the geographical separation of individual production tasks. This fragmentation, captured in the growing volume of intra-industry trade, prompts investigation of the effects of trade within, rather than between, sectors of the economy. In this paper we examine the relationship between international trade and the task structure of US employment. We link disaggregate US trade data from 1972 to 2006, the NBER manufacturing database, the Decennial Census, and occupational and task data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Within-industry shifts in task characteristics are linked to import competition and technological change. Our results suggest that trade has played a major role in the growth in relative demand for nonroutine tasks, particularly those requiring high levels of interpersonal interaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1972 bis 2006.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/3