From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development

There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content ofjobs. This article contributes to this research by using data on thetask content of occupations from developing countries, instead of US data as most existing studies do. It finds...

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Main Authors:	Lo Bello, Salvatore, Sanchez Puerta, Maria Laura, Winkler, Hernan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION SKILLED LABOR LABOR MARKET GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS EMPIRICAL MODEL LABOR SKILLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635051551724745132/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31354

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spelling	okr-10986-313542021-05-25T09:22:00Z From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development Lo Bello, Salvatore Sanchez Puerta, Maria Laura Winkler, Hernan FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION SKILLED LABOR LABOR MARKET GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS EMPIRICAL MODEL LABOR SKILLS There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content ofjobs. This article contributes to this research by using data on thetask content of occupations from developing countries, instead of US data as most existing studies do. It finds that US-based indexes do not provide a fair approximation of the levels, changes and drivers of the routine cognitive and non-routine manual skill content of jobs in developing countries. The authors also uncover three new stylized facts. First, while developed countries tend to have jobsmore intensive in non-routine cognitive skills than developing ones, income (both in growth and levels) is not associated with the skill content of jobs once other factors are accounted for. Second,while ICT adoption is linked to job de-routinization, international trade is an off setting force. Last, ICT adoption is correlated with lower employment growth in countries with a high share of occupations intensive in routine tasks. 2019-03-07T18:39:38Z 2019-03-07T18:39:38Z 2019-01-31 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635051551724745132/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31354 English Jobs Working Paper;No. 23 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ghana
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description	There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content ofjobs. This article contributes to this research by using data on thetask content of occupations from developing countries, instead of US data as most existing studies do. It finds that US-based indexes do not provide a fair approximation of the levels, changes and drivers of the routine cognitive and non-routine manual skill content of jobs in developing countries. The authors also uncover three new stylized facts. First, while developed countries tend to have jobsmore intensive in non-routine cognitive skills than developing ones, income (both in growth and levels) is not associated with the skill content of jobs once other factors are accounted for. Second,while ICT adoption is linked to job de-routinization, international trade is an off setting force. Last, ICT adoption is correlated with lower employment growth in countries with a high share of occupations intensive in routine tasks.
format	Working Paper
author	Lo Bello, Salvatore Sanchez Puerta, Maria Laura Winkler, Hernan
author_facet	Lo Bello, Salvatore Sanchez Puerta, Maria Laura Winkler, Hernan
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title	From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development
title_short	From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development
title_full	From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development
title_fullStr	From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development
title_full_unstemmed	From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development
title_sort	from ghana to america : the skill content of jobs and economic development
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635051551724745132/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31354
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From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development

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