The fixed coefficient 'manpower requirements" model has the advantage of providing information on the effect of changes in the industrial composition of an economy on demand for labor in highly disaggregated occupations, although at the cost of neglecting factor substitution. This study examines the ability of the fixed coefficient model to explain changes in employment in 3-digitoccupations in the United States from 1960 to 1970 and develops an "augmented requirements" model that uses changes in wages as well as fixed coefficient shifts in demand to analyze changes in employment. The study finds that (1) by themselves, the requirements shifts account for much of the change in employment among detailed occupations in the period studied; (2) demand for detailed skills is far from zero elastic; and (3) the fixed coefficient model seems to work, not because demand and supply are economically unresponsive, but because the variation in the wage structure and corresponding incentive to alter input coefficients is moderate relative to the variation in the shift in demand due to changes in industrial mix.
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Length: Date of creation: Nov 1980 Date of revision: Publication status: published as Freeman, Richard B. "An Empirical Analysis of the Fixed Coefficient 'Manpower Requirements' Model, 1960-1970." Journal of Human Resources, Vol. XV, No . 2, (Spring 1980), pp. 176-199. Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:0315
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