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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Does ICT Usage Erode Routine Occupations at the Firm Level?

Seppo LaaksonenPetri BöckermanJari Vainiomäki

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media_common.quotation_subjecttieto- ja viestintätekniikkaGeography Planning and DevelopmenteducationWageKansantaloustiede - Economicsammattirakennejob polarization0502 economics and businessparasitic diseases050207 economicsdigitalisaatio050205 econometrics Demographymedia_commonta511information and communications technologyComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONtyön uusjako05 social sciencesPolarization (politics)Routine workyrityksetfirmsroutine occupationsInformation and Communications Technology8. Economic growth511 EconomicsDemographic economicsBusiness

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We present decompositions and regression analyses that evaluate the routinization hypothesis and occupational polarization at the firm level. We establish two important facts. First, the results for the increasing abstract and declining routine occupation shares of total wage bill are consistent with the routinization hypothesis at the firm level. Second, the observed changes coincide with the usage of ICT in firms. This implies that disappearing middle-level (routine) work can be traced to firm-level technological change. Peer reviewed

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-01-01
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201902111467