New technologies and the labor market

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Atalay, Enghin; Phongthiengtham, Phai; Sotelo, Sebastian; Tannenbaum, Daniel
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3932
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2018.05.008
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 48-67
• 关键词: income inequality; Information and communication technologies; occupational choice; Routine and nonroutine tasks; technological change

摘要

Using newspaper job ad text from 1960 to 2000, we measure job tasks and the adoption of individual information and communication technologies (ICTs). Most new technologies are associated with an increase in nonroutine analytic tasks, and a decrease in nonroutine interactive, routine cognitive, and routine manual tasks. We embed these interactions in a quantitative model of worker sorting across occupations and technology adoption. Through the lens of the model, the arrival of ICTs broadly shifts workers away from routine tasks, which increases the college premium. A notable exception is the Microsoft Office suite, which has the opposite set of effects. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.