The Impact of Digital Technologies on Skills-to-Job Mismatches.

Autor/in	Santiago-Vela, Ana
Titel	The Impact of Digital Technologies on Skills-to-Job Mismatches. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Auswirkungen digitaler Technologien auf das Missverhältnis zwischen Qualifikationen und Arbeitsplätzen.
Quelle	In: New technology, work and employment, (2026) online first, 22 June 2026, 29 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-005X
DOI	10.1111/ntwe.70036
Schlagwörter	Computerprogramm; Arbeitsanforderung; Computerkenntnisse; Technologische Entwicklung; Mismatch; Adäquate Beschäftigung; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsanforderung; Qualifikationsverwertung; Unterqualifikation; Überqualifikation; Auswirkung; BIBB-Qualifizierungspanel; BIBB/BAuA-Erhebung; Sektorale Verteilung; Deutschland
Abstract	"A pervasive discourse calls for worker upskilling amid ongoing digital transformation. This study introduces a skills-to-job mismatch perspective into research on the digital transformation of work by conceptualising technological adoption as a process that reshapes the relationship between workers' skill endowments and evolving job requirements. To empirically address this perspective, the study combines German individual- and establishment-level data with an entropy balancing method. The findings reveal that adopting new digital technologies in the workplace is associated with greater underskilling and reduced overskilling (i.e., skill underutilisation). Furthermore, effect heterogeneity emerges across the level of digitalisation in economic sectors. Technology adoption is more strongly associated with lower overskilling in less digitally mature sectors, while the positive association with underskilling is evenly distributed across sectors. Overall, this study provides a theoretically grounded framework and an informed empirical basis for a more nuanced debate on the digital transformation of work." The study refers to the period 2016-2018 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4