Skill prices, occupations, and changes in the wage structure for low skilled men.

Autor/inn/en	Taber, Christopher R.; Roys, Nicolas A.
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Skill prices, occupations, and changes in the wage structure for low skilled men. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Preise von Qualifikationen, Berufe und Wandel der Lohnstruktur geringqualifizierter Männer.
Quelle	Cambrige, Mass. (2019), 83 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 26453
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w26453
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Technologische Entwicklung; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnstruktur; Strukturwandel; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Berufsstruktur; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Mann; USA
Abstract	"This paper studies the effect of the change in occupational structure on wages for low skilled men. We develop a model of occupational choice in which workers have multi-dimensional skills that are exploited differently across different occupations. We allow for a rich specification of technological change which has heterogenous effects on different occupations and different parts of the skill distribution. We estimate the model combining four datasets: (1) O*NET, to measure skill intensity across occupations, (2) NLSY79, to identify life-cycle supply effects, (3) CPS (ORG), to estimate the evolution of skill prices and occupations over time, and (4) NLSY97 to see how the gain to specific skills has changed. We find that while changes in the occupational structure have affected wages of low skilled workers, the effect is not dramatic. First, the wages in traditional blue collar occupations have not fallen substantially relative to other occupations-a fact that we can not reconcile with a competitive model. Second, our decompositions show that changes in occupations explain only a small part of the patterns in wage levels over our time period. Price changes within occupation are far more important. Third, while we see an increase in the payoff to interpersonal skills, manual skills still remain the most important skill type for low educated males." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/3