articleAmerican Economic ReviewAug 1, 2014BRONZE OA

Explaining Job Polarization: Routine-Biased Technological Change and Offshoring

MGMaarten GoosAMAlan ManningASAnna Salomons

KU Leuven · London School of Economics and Political Science · +1 more institution

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Abstract

This paper documents the pervasiveness of job polarization in 16 Western European countries over the period 1993–2010. It then develops and estimates a framework to explain job polarization using routine-biased technological change and offshoring. This model can explain much of both total job polarization and the split into within-industry and between-industry components. (JEL J21, J23, J24, M55, O33)

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  • Offshoring
  • Economics
  • Polarization (electrochemistry)
  • Technological change
  • Technical change
  • Labour economics
  • Micro level
  • Job creation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Decent work and economic growth
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