Offshoring, computerization, labor market polarization and top income inequality.

Autor/in	Cavenaile, Laurent
Titel	Offshoring, computerization, labor market polarization and top income inequality. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Offshoring, Computerisierung, Arbeitsmarktpolarisierung und Ungleichheit der Spitzeneinkommen.
Quelle	In: Journal of macroeconomics, (2021) 69, Art. 103317, 19 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-0704
DOI	10.1016/j.jmacro.2021.103317
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Segmentierung; Technologische Entwicklung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommensverteilung; Globalisierung; Lohnentwicklung; Niedriglohn; Outsourcing; Arbeitsmarkt; Qualifikation; Berufswahl; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Ausland; USA
Abstract	"This paper proposes a model of occupational choice with heterogeneous agents in terms of human capital to quantify the role of offshoring and computerization in labor market polarization and increased top income inequality. We find that both offshoring and computerization played a major role regarding labor market polarization in the US over the period 1975-2008. We further show that the last decades can be decomposed into two subperiods. Computerization is the main driver of labor market polarization from 1975 to the mid 1990s, after which globalization (through decreased costs of offshoring) explains more than 70% of job and wage polarization. Our model can also explain around 40% of the observed increase in top income inequality since 1975." The study refers to the period 1975-2008 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2021 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/3