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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...
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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...
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rates of qualification and skills mismatches would boost both wages and productivity. With the possibility of more workers … past and acquire skills that are more highly valued in the labour market. To maintain valuable skills, workers of all ages … the most out of skills will also depend on allocating skills to their most productive uses. Reducing New Zealand’s high …
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boom and bust. The gradient with wages, however, is much more marked during the bust and remains significantly so even …
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one on the scarring effects of low pay, but the possibility that skills mismatch in the form of skills under … HILDA survey data to investigate the inter-related dynamics of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in … Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits …
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The long-term earnings losses of displaced workers are substantial. We investigate the role of post-displacement occupational matching in explaining the cost of job displacement. We combine German administrative data on the work history of displaced workers with information on the task content...
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Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … equipping workers with the skills needed by the labour market can support employment and incomes. This will require a …
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one on the scarring effects of low pay, but the possibility that skills mismatch in the form of skills under … HILDA survey data to investigate the inter-related dynamics of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in … Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits …
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wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men. For both sexes, over …-displacement wages. …
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may not find a perfect employment match and cannot use their skills fully in the new job. We demonstrate that a …
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