Haskel, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
Almost all studies of skilled/unskilled employment over the 1980s use data on manuals and non-manuals to measure skill …. This paper constructs data on skilled/unskilled employment using occupational data from the UK New Earnings Survey Panel …, subcontracting etc. The major findings are: (a) the ratio of skilled to unskilled employment rose by 4.4%; (b) the averaging effect …