Technological Change and the Consequences of Job Loss

IF 10.5 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Review Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1257/aer.20210182

J. Braxton, Bledi Taska, Lightcast, Kyle Herkenhoﬀ, Jeremy Lise, David Argente, A. Bhandari, S. Birinci, J. Boerma, Kataŕına Borovičková, Nisha Chikhale, M. Nardi, Fatih Guvenen, Loukas Karabarbounis, Rasmus Lentz, Erzo G. J. Luttmer, E. Malkov, Hannes Malmberg, Paolo Martellini, Joseph Mullins, Jonathan L. Rothbaum, Larry Schmidt, Todd Schoellman, Shannon Sledz, C. Taber, Venky Venkateswaran, A. Wozniak, David Wiczer

引用次数: 13

Abstract

We examine the role of technological change in explaining the large and persistent decline in earnings following job loss. Using detailed skill requirements from the near universe of online vacancies, we estimate technological change by occupation and find that technological change accounts for 45 percent of the decline in earnings after job loss. Technological change lowers earnings after job loss by requiring workers to have new skills to perform newly created jobs in their prior occupation. When workers lack the required skills, they move to occupations where their skills are still employable but are paid a lower wage. (JEL J24, J31, J63, O33)

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技术变革和失业的后果

我们研究了技术变革在解释失业后收入大幅持续下降中的作用。利用网上职位空缺的详细技能要求，我们按职业估计技术变化，发现技术变化占失业后收入下降的45%。技术变革降低了失业后的收入，因为它要求工人在之前的职业中掌握新技能来完成新创造的工作。当工人缺乏所需的技能时，他们就会转移到技能仍然可用但工资较低的职业。(j24, j31, j63, o33)

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来源期刊

American Economic Review ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

18.60

自引率

2.80%

发文量

122

期刊介绍： The American Economic Review (AER) stands as a prestigious general-interest economics journal. Founded in 1911, it holds the distinction of being one of the nation's oldest and most esteemed scholarly journals in economics. With a commitment to academic excellence, the AER releases 12 issues annually, featuring articles that span a wide spectrum of economic topics.