@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp11569, author={Fleisher, Belton M. and McGuire, William H. and Su, Yaqin and Zhao, Min Qiang}, title={Innovation, Wages, and Polarization in China}, year={2018}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={11569}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11569}, abstract={Using data from CHIPS 1995-2013, we find polarization of employment from middle-income Skilled jobs to work in the Unskilled and Self-Employment job categories. This redistribution of employment is consistent with the automation of routine noncognitive tasks in the skilled sector as analyzed in a number of papers on advanced economies and some work on the Chinese economy. While the Unskilled and Self-Employment jobs remain below median income, the redistribution of employment has not been associated with a commensurate polarization of labor income. We find no evidence of polarization of either employment or income at the upper end of the job-skill spectrum.}, keywords={wage growth;innovation;polarization;China}, }