The March of the Techies: Job Polarization Within and Between Firms
1
University of Virginia
2 NBER - The National Bureau of Economic Research
3 PSE - Paris School of Economics
4 CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales
5 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
6 ENS Paris Saclay - Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
7 CESifo - Center for Economic Studies and Ifo for Economic Research
8 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
2 NBER - The National Bureau of Economic Research
3 PSE - Paris School of Economics
4 CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales
5 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
6 ENS Paris Saclay - Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
7 CESifo - Center for Economic Studies and Ifo for Economic Research
8 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
Ariell Reshef
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Farid Toubal
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Résumé
Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations grew, while middle wage occupations shrank. At the same time, the share of technology-related occupations (“techies”) grew substantially. Aggregate polarization was driven mostly by changes in the composition of firms within industries. Within-firm adjustments and changes in industry composition were much less important. Polarization occured mostly within urban areas, with roughly equal contributions of men and women. We study the role of technology adoption in shaping firm-level outcomes using a new measure of the propensity of a firm to adopt new technology: its employment share of techies. We find that techies were an important force driving aggregate polarization in France, as firms with more techies grew faster.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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The March of the Techies: Job Polarization Within and Between Firms
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Résumé |
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Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations grew, while middle wage occupations shrank. At the same time, the share of technology-related occupations (“techies”) grew substantially. Aggregate polarization was driven mostly by changes in the composition of firms within industries. Within-firm adjustments and changes in industry composition were much less important. Polarization occured mostly within urban areas, with roughly equal contributions of men and women. We study the role of technology adoption in shaping firm-level outcomes using a new measure of the propensity of a firm to adopt new technology: its employment share of techies. We find that techies were an important force driving aggregate polarization in France, as firms with more techies grew faster.
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Auteur(s) |
James Harrigan
1, 2
, Ariell Reshef
3, 4, 5
, Farid Toubal
6, 4, 7, 8
1
University of Virginia
( 329139 )
- P.O. Box 400229, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4229
- États-Unis
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NBER -
The National Bureau of Economic Research
( 340636 )
- Main Office National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA 02138
- États-Unis
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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CEPII -
Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales
( 39083 )
- 9 rue Georges Pitard - 75740 Paris Cedex 15
- France
5
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
6
ENS Paris Saclay -
Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
( 523723 )
- 4 avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
7
CESifo -
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo for Economic Research
( 223734 )
- Poschinger Str.5 Munich, DE-81679 Germany
- Allemagne
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CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Classification |
J.J2.J20
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Nom de la revue |
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Volume |
50
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Numéro |
7
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Page/Identifiant |
104008
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Date de publication |
2021-09
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Date de publication électronique |
2020-06-02
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Audience |
Internationale
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Licence |
Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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Domaine(s) |
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Financement |
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Mots-clés |
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Firm level data, Techies, Technological change, STEM skills, Job polarization, Offshoring
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DOI | 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104008 |
PII | S0048-7333(20)30087-1 |
UT key WOS | 000695283300002 |
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