@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15647, author={Bachmann, Ronald and Demir, Gökay and Green, Colin P. and Uhlendorff, Arne}, title={The Role of Within-Occupation Task Changes in Wage Development}, year={2022}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={15647}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15647}, abstract={We examine how changes in task content over time condition occupational wage development. Using survey data from Germany, we document substantial heterogeneity in within-occupational changes in task content. Combining this evidence with administrative data on individual employment outcomes over a 25-year period, we find important heterogeneity in wage penalties amongst initially routine intensive jobs. While occupations that remain (relatively) routine intensive generate substantial wage penalties, occupations with a decreasing routine intensity experience stable or even increasing wages. These findings cannot be explained by composition or cohort effects.}, keywords={technological progress;polarization;tasks;routine workers;training}, }