Occupational tasks and changes in the wage structure

dc.contributor	Escolas::EESP
dc.creator	Firpo, Sergio Pinheiro
dc.creator	Fortin, Nicole M.
dc.creator	Lemieux, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned	2012-09-12T14:36:44Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-03T20:34:29Z
dc.date.available	2012-09-12T14:36:44Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-03T20:34:29Z
dc.date.created	2012-09-12T14:36:44Z
dc.date.issued	2012-09-12
dc.identifier	TD 284
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10438/9998
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5040957
dc.description.abstract	This paper argues that changes in the returns to occupational tasks have contributed to changes in the wage distribution over the last three decades. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, we first show that the 1990s polarization of wages is explained by changes in wage setting between and within occupations, which are well captured by tasks measures linked to technological change and offshorability. Using a decomposition based on Firpo, Fortin, and Lemieux (2009), we find that technological change and deunionization played a central role in the 1980s and 1990s, while offshorability became an important factor from the 1990s onwards.
dc.language	eng
dc.relation	Texto para discussão EESP;TD 284
dc.subject	Wage inequality
dc.subject	Polarization
dc.subject	Occupational tasks
dc.subject	Offshoring
dc.subject	RIF regressions
dc.title	Occupational tasks and changes in the wage structure
dc.type	Working Paper