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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | The growing importance of social tasks in high-paying occupations: implications for sorting |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Journal of Human Resources |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press * Journal Division |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0022-166X |
| Volume | 58 |
| Number | 5 |
| Page Range | 1429 - 1451 |
| Date | 2023 |
| Abstract Text | We document that, since 1980, higher paying occupations in the US have experienced increases in the importance of tasks requiring social skills compared to lower paying ones. Economic theory indicates that the occupational sorting of workers depends on their comparative advantage in performing occupational tasks. Hence, changes in the relative importance of tasks across occupations change sorting. We document that the increasing relative importance of social tasks in high-paying occupations can account for an important fraction of the increased sorting of women relative to men towards these occupations over recent decades. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.3368/jhr.58.5.0121-11455r1 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:22114 |
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| Keywords | Management of technology and innovation, organizational behavior and human resource management, strategy and management, economics and econometrics |