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The changing nature of jobs in Central and Eastern Europe

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  • Piotr Lewandowski

    (Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Poland, and IZA, Germany)

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Job polarization can pose serious problems for emerging economies that rely on worker reallocation from low-skilled to middle-skilled jobs to converge toward advanced economies. Evidence from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries shows that structural change and education expansion can prevent polarization, as they enable a shift from manual to cognitive work and prevent the “hollowing out” of middle-skilled jobs. However, in CEE countries they have also led to a high routine cognitive content of jobs, which makes such jobs susceptible to automation and computerization in the future.

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  • Piotr Lewandowski, 2017. "The changing nature of jobs in Central and Eastern Europe," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 351-351, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:2017:n:351
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    Cited by:

    1. Philipp Ehrl & Leonardo Monasterio, 2021. "Spatial skill concentration agglomeration economies," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(1), pages 140-161, January.
    2. Tverdushka Tetiana & Stoliaruk Khristina, 2020. "Digitalization impact on work quality at the enterprise operational level," Technology audit and production reserves, Socionet;Technology audit and production reserves, vol. 4(4(54)), pages 37-44.

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    Keywords

    restructuring; workforce upskilling; task content of jobs;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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