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Skill Polarization

Skill Polarization is a labor market phenomenon characterized by the disproportionate growth in employment and wages for high-skilled and low-skilled occupations relative to middle-skilled occupations, resulting in a bifurcation of job opportunities and skill demands across the economic spectrum.

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11.3K

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209

Authors

165

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2017–2026

39

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Publications

110

The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the US Labor Market

David Autor, David Dorn · American Economic Review · 2013 · 3.7K citations

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Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over Twenty-Five Years

Guy Michaels, Ashwini Natraj, John Van Reenen · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 2013 · 881 citations · Full text

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North-South Trade, Employment and Inequality: Changing Fortunes in a Skill- Driven World.

Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Adrian Wood · The Economic Journal · 1995 · 566 citations

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Lousy and Lovely Jobs: The Rising Polarization of Work in Britain

Maarten Goos, Alan Manning · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 2007 · 401 citations · Full text

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The polarization of job opportunities in the U.S. labor market: implications for employment and earnings

David Autor · Community Investments · 2011 · 332 citations

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Authors

209

  1. DA
    David Autor

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    6 publications · 4.6K citations

    6

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  2. DD
    David Dorn

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 3.9K citations

    4

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  3. MP
    Mario Pianta

    University of Urbino, Italy

    3 publications · 67 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. GM
    Guy Michaels

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 929 citations

    2

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  5. AR
    Ariell Reshef

    Paris School of Economics, France

    2 publications · 78 citations

    2

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Institutions

165

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    581 citations

  2. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    881 citations

  4. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    639 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    378 citations

  6. University of Urbino

    Urbino, Italy

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    195 citations

  7. Federal Reserve

    Washington D.C., United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    3.2K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 8 publications · 470 citations

    8

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  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Repository · 6 publications · 251 citations

    6

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 5 publications · 84 citations

    5

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  4. Economic Modelling

    4 publications · 146 citations

    4

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  5. Work Employment and Society

    WES · 3 publications · 202 citations

    3

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