# Occupational Mobility of Routine Workers

**Published:** 2024-04-25  
**Categories:** Academic Publications  
**URL:** https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/academic-publications/occupational-mobility-of-routine-workers-2/

#### Abstract

This paper demonstrates that the decline in routine occupations and concurrent rise in abstract occupations are largely due to workers changing jobs. The reduction in routine manual tasks is further explained by workers transitioning to unemployment or retirement. In contrast, the increase in non-routine manual occupations is primarily driven by the entry of young or unemployed individuals into the workforce. Plant closure information is used to identify involuntary job separations. These findings indicate that routine cognitive workers can adjust to smaller employment disruptions compared to routine manual workers among women. However, a contrasting pattern is observed for men.

*Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024.*

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## Additional Information

**Kirjoittajat:** Maczulskij, Terhi

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**Key Words:** Job market polarization, Routine manual, Routine cognitive, Decomposition, Occupational mobility, Displacement

**Jel:** J23, J62

**Paivays:** 25.04.2024

**Sivuja:** 32

**Kieli:** en

**Sarja:** Other articles

https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12610

**Saatavuus:** 2

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024