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Inequality and specialization : the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009
After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high … accounted for by a single proximate cause - rising employment and wages in low-education, in-person service occupations. We … automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884083
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The Labour Market Effect of Immigration : Accounting for Effective Immigrant Work Experience in New Zealand
Tse, Michael - 2016
offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It provides data, reports findings from published papers, describes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977064
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The labour market effect of immigration : accounting for effective immigrant work experience in New Zealand
Tse, Michael M. H.; Maani, Sholeh A. - 2016
offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It provides data, reports findings from published papers, describes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595162
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The costs of job loss and task usage
Kauhanen, Antti; Riukula, Krista - 2019
This study examines the degree to which the effects of job loss depend on task usage and task distance to other jobs. We use linked employer-employee data and representative survey data on task usage and plant closures to identify individuals who have lost their jobs involuntarily. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164247
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Immigrant selection systems and occupational outcomes of international medical graduates in Canada and the United States
McDonald, James Ted; Warman, Casey; Worswick, Christopher - 2011
We analyze the process of immigrant selection and occupational outcomes of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the US and Canada. We extend the IMG relicensing model of Kugler and Sauer (2005) to incorporate two different approaches to immigrant selection: employer nomination systems and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690559
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From engineer to taxi driver? : language proficiency and the occupational skills of immigrants
Imai, Susumu; Stacey, Derek; Warman, Casey - 2018
immigrants to Canada were employed in source country occupations that typically require high levels of cognitive skills, but rely … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the … and manual skills, these discrepancies are larger among immigrants with limited language fluency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130639
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The polarization of employment in German local labor markets
Senftleben, Charlotte; Wielandt, Hanna - 2012
This paper uses the task-based view of technological change to study employment and wage polarization at the level of local labor markets in Germany between 1979 and 2007. In order to directly relate technological change to subsequent employment trends, we exploit variation in the regional task...
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Mismatch of talent : evidence on match quality, entry wages, and job mobility
Fredriksson, Peter; Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2015
We examine the direct impact of idiosyncratic match quality on entry wages and job mobility using unique data on worker … talents matched to job-indicators and individual wages. Tenured workers are clustered in jobs with high job-specific returns … entry wages but a larger impact on separations and future wage growth if matches are formed under limited information …
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Work-related ability as source of information advantages of training employers
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Wydra-Sommaggio, Gaby; Zwick, Thomas - 2015 - This version August 2015
This paper addresses the puzzle how employers that invest in general human capital can gain an information advantage with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an established model from the employer-learning literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316529
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Employment polarization and immigrant employment opportunities
Wielandt, Hanna - 2015
Building on the task-based approach of technological change, this paper discusses the interaction between occupational polarization (e.g. a gradual increase of native employment in the lowest and highest-paying jobs) and employment opportunities of immigrant workers. Using high quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529344