TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dupuy, Arnaud
AU  - Raux, Morgan
AU  - Signorelli, Sara
        TI  - Digitalization, Change in Skill Distance between Occupations and Worker Mobility: A Gravity Model Approach
        PY  - 2024/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17535
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17535
        AB  - The recent digital revolution has significantly broadened the scope of IT-related tasks in most occupations in the labor market. In this paper, we document these changes, we propose a novel conceptual framework for thinking about the effect of technological change that incorporates the changing task distance between occupations, and we investigate its impact on worker mobility using a gravity equation approach. Our results reveal that the evolution of skill distance between jobs significantly affected mobility patterns, disproportionately favoring workers with preexisting knowledge of digital tools. Finally, we micro-found our gravity equation through a matching model to evaluate mobility in counterfactual scenarios without technological change.
        KW  - occupation mobility
KW  - technological change
KW  - search and matching
        ER  -