Job training in polarizing job markets
A longitudinal analysis using administrative microdata
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6452044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicolas Didier (0000-0002-8904-5111, Department of Public Administration and Management Universidad de Chile, College of Government Santiago Chile, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 416-437 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/spol.13061 |
| OpenAlex | W4400930769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 63 |
Developed nations have experienced a longstanding trend of reshaping the labour market's occupational structure. This trend, named job market polarization, describes how middle‐level jobs have decreased their relative share of the labour market in favour of high‐ and low‐complexity jobs. The literature has pointed to technological change as the main factor in setting this configuration, which accompanied the transition to a knowledge economy as a source of competitive advantages. Still, the narratives of technological change are anchored to specific technologies and times that do not fit the emerging challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and the increasing relevance of the digital economy. In this paper, I explore how job polarization dynamics have interacted with active labour market policies' effectiveness by focusing on job training skill premiums. I use nationally representative data to evaluate cross‐sectionally and longitudinally the relationship between job training access, job polarization, and wages. The results show that polarization poses a wage penalty while it increases the relative value of training skill premium. I discuss how the setting of a polarized market could be considered for future skill‐based interventions concerning digital technologies
Business · Census · Economics · Labour economics · Microdata (statistics · Polarization (electrochemistry · Technological change · Wage · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Changes in the Wage Structure and Earnings Inequality
Explaining Job Polarization
Capital-skill Complementarity and Inequality
Building Theories from Case Study Research
Dynamic treatment effects of job training
Segmentation in higher education in Chile
Smart factory performance and Industry 4.0
International organisations and the future of work
Individualism and Inequality
Inequality
Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality
Lousy and Lovely Jobs
Job Polarization and Jobless Recoveries
The March of the Techies
Distributional consequences of technological change
Does credentialism affect the gender wage gap? Evidence from Chile
Assessing job training effectiveness in Chile
Routine-biased technical change and job polarization in Europe
Educational mismatch, labor market completeness, and gender
Does the expansion of higher education reduce gender gaps in the labor market? Evidence from a natural experiment
Surviving the Era of Deindustrialization
Job Polarization in Europe? Changes in the Employment Structure and Job Quality, 1995-2007
Turning fragments into a lens
Visions of the future, the legacy of the past
Investment in Human Capital and Personal Income Distribution
Investment in Human Capital
Policy Transfer as a Form of Prospective Policy Evaluation
The Social and Political Consequences of Overeducation
The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century
Overeducation and Skill Mismatch
Patterns of Skill Change
The Polarization Myth
Compensating differentials, labor market segmentation, and wage inequality
The new labor market segmentation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |