What Makes New Work Different from More Work?

Autor/inn/en	Autor, David; Chin, Caroline; Salomons, Anna; Seegmiller, Bryan
Titel	What Makes New Work Different from More Work? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Was unterscheidet New Work von More Work?
Quelle	In: Annual review of economics, 18 (2026), S. 535-559 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	https://ideas.repec.org/p/ces/ceswps/_12577.html
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1391
DOI	10.1146/annurev-economics-092325-041649
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Geschichte (Histor); Automatisierung; Technologische Entwicklung; Einkommensunterschied; Strukturwandel; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Beruf; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsanforderung; Qualifikationswandel; Tätigkeitswandel; Neuer Beruf; Alter; Auswirkung; USA
Abstract	"We study the role of expertise in new work-novel occupational roles that emerge as technological and economic conditions evolve-using newly available 1940 and 1950Census Complete Count files and confidential American Community Survey data from 2011 to 2023. We show that new work is systematically distinct from simply more work in existing occupations in four respects. First, it attracts workers with distinct characteristics: New work is disproportionately performed by younger and more educated workers, even within detailed occupation-industry cells. Second, new work commands economically significant wage premiums that persist beyond workers' initial entry into new work, consistent with returns to scarce, specialized expertise rather than temporary market disequilibrium. Third, these premiums decline across vintages as expertise diffuses, with "newer" new work commanding larger premiums than older new work. Fourth, the emergence of new work can be traced to specific demand shocks in particular locations and time periods, suggesting that expertise formation responds systematically to economic opportunities. These findings suggest that new work serves as a countervailing force to automation-driven job displacement not merely by creating additional employment but also by generating new domains of human expertise that command market premiums. This expertise-based mechanism helps explain both the expanding variety of work activities across decades and the historical resilience of the labor share." The study refers to the period 1940-2023 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4