Delving into the demand side: changes in workplace specialization and job polarization

This is the first paper that looks at job polarisation in Great Britain using workplace level data, rather than individual or industry level data. [The authors] have new evidence that shows that changes in occupational shares (i.e. the growth in low-paid and high-paid employment at the expense of middling jobs) are closely linked to changes in specialization at the workplace level. The extent of these changes are remarkable - the proportion of workplaces specialising in a high skill occupation has increased from 30 per cent to 50 per cent in the space of just over a decade (1998-2011). [The au... Show more

Authors: Cortes, Guido Matias; Salvatori, Andrea

Published: Bonn, Germany, IZA, 2016

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: [51] p.

Access item: http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=10120

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