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Occupational Upgrading and Changes In Capital Usage In U.S. Manufacturing Industries, 1989–98

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Proposed explanations of the role of microprocessor technology in the shifts toward relatively highly skilled workers that have occurred within industries since the mid 1970s have implications for the types of occupations that should be most affected by computerization. In this study, I measure the effects of changes in capital usage, and of the level of high‐tech capital usage in particular, on skill change caused by employment shifts among detailed occupations within industries over the 1989–98 period. The study utilizes data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, which produces data on employment and wages for over 700 occupations in non‐farm establishments, by industry. These data provide an unprecedented opportunity to determine the types of occupations and skills that are most affected by changes in capital and technology usage, by making it possible to measure skill change within relatively narrowly defined occupational groups.

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  • Jane Osburn, 2001. "Occupational Upgrading and Changes In Capital Usage In U.S. Manufacturing Industries, 1989–98," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 47(4), pages 451-472, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:47:y:2001:i:4:p:451-472
    DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00029
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    1. Cörvers, F. & Dupuy, A., 2006. "Explaining the Occupational Structure of Dutch Sectors of Industry, 1988-2003," ROA Working Paper 007E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    2. Allen, J.P. & Ramaekers, G.W.M. & van der Velden, R.K.W., 2006. "Technisch werkdocument instellingsrapportages," ROA Working Paper 005, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    3. Cörvers, Frank & Dupuy, Arnaud, 2010. "Estimating employment dynamics across occupations and sectors of industry," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 17-27, March.
    4. Iammarino, Simona & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Gagliardi, Luisa, 2015. "Offshoring and the Geography of Jobs in Great Britain," CEPR Discussion Papers 10855, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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