%0 Report %A Bachmann, Ronald %A Demir, Gökay %A Green, Colin P. %A Uhlendorff, Arne %T The Role of Within-Occupation Task Changes in Wage Development %D 2022 %8 2022 Oct %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 15647 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15647 %X 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. %K technological progress %K polarization %K tasks %K routine workers %K training