We perform decompositions and regression analyses that test the routinization hypothesis and implied job polarization at the firm level. Prior studies have focused on the aggregate, industry or local levels. Our results for the abstract and routine occupation groups are consistent with the...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the incidence of nominal and real wage cuts in the Finnish private sector during the 1990s. Design/methodology/approach – Estimation of econometric models for the probability of wage cuts using individual-level wage survey data from the payroll records of...