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Sectoral data features (i) changing relative expenditures of different sectors, (ii) non-constancy in relative prices and (iii) long-run trends in relative TFP growth rates across sectors. We provide a tractable theory of industry directed technical change, which is able to reconcile these...
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This paper presents a novel stylized fact and analyzes its contribution to the skill bias of technical change in U.S. manufacturing. The share of skilled labor embedded in intermediate inputs correlates strongly with the skill share employed in final production. This finding points towards an...
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say about its impact on the structure of employment? We use U.S. Census data from 1910 to 1940 and measure electrification … industry level, electrification drove 15.7% of the decline in the share of agricultural employment and 28.4% of the increase in … the share of manufacturing employment between 1910 and 1940. Electrification was thus a key driver of structural …
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on the structure of employment? We use U.S. Census data from 1910 to 1940 and measure electrification with the length of …, electrification drove 15.7% of the decline in the share of agricultural employment and 28.4% of the increase in the share of … manufacturing employment between 1910 and 1940. Electrification was thus a key driver of structural transformation in the U …
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This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between … 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green employment based on the task content of occupations. Descriptive … analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of green employment oscillates between 2 and 3 percent, and its trend is strongly …
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This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between … 2006 and 2014. The main methodological novelty consists of a new measure of green employment based on the task content of … occupations. Descriptive analysis reveals that: 1. the share of green employment is between 2 and 3 percent, with a strongly pro …
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This paper explores the nature and the key empirical regularities of green employment in US local labor markets between … 2006 and 2014. We construct a new measure of green employment based on the task content of occupations. Descriptive … analysis reveals the following: 1. the share of green employment oscillates between 2 and 3 percent, and its trend is strongly …
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The decline of employment in middle-wage, routine task intensive jobs has been well documented for the USA. Increased … structure of employment in the USA by comparing the evolution of employment across 175 detailed occupational categories in both …. Industries with larger growth in imports from Mexico do not experience a decline in their routine employment share in the USA …
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We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor … employment, particularly in manufacturing and among non-college workers. Labor markets susceptible to computerization due to …-manufacturing but no net employment decline. Trade impacts rise in the 2000s as imports accelerate, while the effect of technology …
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