Replication data for: Job Polarization and Structural Change

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Zsófia L. Bárány; Christian Siegel

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Project Citation: 

Bárány, Zsófia L., and Siegel, Christian. Replication data for: Job Polarization and Structural Change. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116405V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We document that job polarization—contrary to the consensus—has started as early as the 1950s in the United States: middle-wage workers have been losing both in terms of employment and average wage growth compared to low- and high-wage workers. Given that polarization is a long-run phenomenon and closely linked to the shift from manufacturing to services, we propose a structural change driven explanation, where we explicitly model the sectoral choice of workers. Our simple model does remarkably well not only in matching the evolution of sectoral employment, but also of relative wages over the past 50 years.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
      J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1950 – 2007
Universe:  View help for Universe US population
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data; aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source IPUMS-USA: Census and ACS Bureau of Economic Analysis
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals, Industries,

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