I develop an assignment model of occupations with multidimensional heterogeneity in production tasks and worker skills … types. Occupations arise endogenously as bundles of tasks optimally assigned to a type of worker. The model allows us to … study how occupations respond to changes in the economic environment, making it useful for analyzing the implications of …

, math-heavy college majors and highly quantitative occupations. We develop a general equilibrium model with multiple …

within occupations. Finally, we found that occupations effectively account for the distribution of wages, yet their … significant value to the debate about recent stratification theory, which has challenged the idea that occupations structure …

expected levels of English skills in each of over 500 occupations in the US Census. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for …