Brain over brawn: Job polarisation, structural change, and skill prices

S. Paweenawat, Lusi Liao
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This study investigates the relationship between occupational skills and wages in Thailand using the Labour Force Survey from 1985 to 2020. We quantify the contribution of changes in the skill requirement and highlight the increase in the return on the ‘brain’ and the decrease in the penalty on ‘brawn’, which helps explain the wage distribution changes across periods. We further explore the polarisation in the labour market and analyse the changes in the wage distribution by applying the decomposition method proposed by Firpo et al (2009). Our results suggest that wage dispersion increases in the top end over the first two time periods but decreases in the third time period, while it continues to decrease in the lower end of the distribution.
脑力胜过体力:工作两极分化、结构变化和技能价格
本研究利用 1985 年至 2020 年的劳动力调查,研究了泰国职业技能与工资之间的关系。我们量化了技能要求变化的贡献,强调了 "大脑 "回报的增加和 "体力 "惩罚的减少,这有助于解释不同时期的工资分布变化。我们进一步探讨了劳动力市场的两极分化,并运用 Firpo 等人(2009 年)提出的分解方法分析了工资分布的变化。我们的研究结果表明,在前两个时间段,高端工资的离散度有所增加,但在第三个时间段有所减小,而低端工资的离散度则继续减小。
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