Routine-biased technical change and job polarization in Europe.

Autor/inn/en	Fernández-Macías, Enrique; Hurley, John
Titel	Routine-biased technical change and job polarization in Europe. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Einfluss des technischen Wandels auf Routinetätigkeiten und Job-Polarisierung in Europa.
Quelle	In: Socio-economic review, 15 (2017) 1, S. 563-585 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-1461; 1475-147X
DOI	10.1093/ser/mww016
Schlagwörter	Beschäftigungseffekt; Strukturwandel; Berufsstruktur; Qualifikationsanforderung; Qualifikationsniveau; Tätigkeitswandel; Internationaler Vergleich; Routine; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Europa; Finnland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Irland; Italien; Luxemburg; Niederlande; Portugal; Schweden; Spanien; Österreich
Abstract	"In this article, we critically discuss the hypothesis linking routine-biased technical change and job polarization. First, we put it in the context of earlier debates on the impact of technology on the employment structure and job quality, discussing the difficulties of the concept of routine used in this new literature and its operationalization. Then, using our own operationalization of tasks, we argue that routine tasks are not associated with skills in the non-linear polarized way predicted by the discussed hypothesis, nor to the observed cases of job polarization in Europe in 1995 - 2007. Routine and cognitive task content are similarly (albeit in reverse) linked to the relative expansion of higher-paid occupations recently observed in most European economies. This suggests that the occupational effects of Routine- and Skill-Biased technical change are similar, and that the phenomenon of job polarization observed in some European countries is not primarily the result of technological factors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/1