--- title: "Occupational Mobility of Routine Workers" authors: - name: "Maczulskij, Terhi" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/maczulskij-terhi/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-2254" - "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RqySUVUAAAAJ" - "https://twitter.com/maczulskij" - "https://sites.google.com/view/terhi-maczulskij" date_published: "2021-04-09" series: "ETLA Working Papers" series_number: "87" issn: - "2323-2420" - "2323-2439" jel_codes: - "J23" - "J62" language: "en" publisher: "ETLA Economic Research" pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Working-Papers-87.pdf" keywords: - "Job market polarization" - "Routine manual" - "Routine cognitive" - "Decomposition" - "Occupational mobility" - "Displacement" identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Working-Papers-87" abstract: "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." --- # Occupational Mobility of Routine Workers **Published:** 2021-04-09 **Categories:** Publikationer, Working Papers **URL:** https://www.etla.fi/sv/publikationer/occupational-mobility-of-routine-workers/ #### Abstract 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. --- ## Additional Information **Kirjoittajat:** Maczulskij, Terhi **Publication Research:** No **Kansikuva:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/etla-working-papers-87-kansi.jpg **Lataa Pdf:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Working-Papers-87.pdf **Key Words:** Job market polarization, Routine manual, Routine cognitive, Decomposition, Occupational mobility, Displacement **Jel:** J23, J62 **Paivays:** 09.04.2021 **Sivuja:** 40 **Kieli:** en **Sarja:** ETLA Working Papers **Sarja Nro:** 87 **Issn:** 2323-2420, 2323-2439 (Pdf) **Saatavuus:** 2 ## Bibliographic metadata (JSON-LD) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "@id": "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Working-Papers-87", "headline": "Occupational Mobility of Routine Workers", "inLanguage": "en", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ETLA Economic Research", "url": "https://www.etla.fi", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/logo-etla_logo.svg" } }, "datePublished": "2021-04-09T00:00:00+00:00", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maczulskij, Terhi", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/maczulskij-terhi/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-2254", "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RqySUVUAAAAJ", "https://twitter.com/maczulskij", "https://sites.google.com/view/terhi-maczulskij" ] } ], "abstract": "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. 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