TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Maczulskij, Terhi
        TI  - Occupational Mobility of Routine Workers
        PY  - 2021/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14190
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14190
        AB  - This paper analyzes whether occupational polarization takes place within workers or due to changes in the composition of workers by using comprehensive panel data from Finland. The decomposition analysis shows that the decrease in mid-level routine occupations and the simultaneous increase in high-level abstract occupations is largely a within-worker phenomenon. In contrast, the share of low-skilled nonroutine manual tasks has largely increased through entry dynamics. Data on plant closures are used to identify involuntary separations from routine occupations. These results demonstrate a strong, uneven adjustment pattern, with routine cognitive workers being more able to move to abstract tasks and adjust with smaller wage costs than routine manual workers.
        KW  - occupational mobility
KW  - decomposition
KW  - routine cognitive
KW  - routine manual
KW  - job market polarization
KW  - displacement
        ER  -