Arbeitspapier
The assignment of workers to tasks, wage distribution and technical change: a critical review
This paper reviews the literature on two-sided atomeless assignment models of workers to tasks. Using simple parametric examples, the fundamental differences between the comparative advantage and the scale of operations models are illustrated. Holding the distributions of abilities and tasks and the production function of worker-task pairs constant, the two principles are shown to produce different wage distributions and wage inequality. These models are useful to evaluate the general equilibrium effect of technical change on the wage structure. In all models, skilled-biased technical change that impacts the production function of worker-task pairs lead to rising wage inequality.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3379
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Assignment models
wage structure
technical change
Arbeitsplatz
Anforderungsprofil
Qualifikation
Lohnstruktur
Produktionsfunktion
Technischer Fortschritt
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dupuy, Arnaud
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Dupuy, Arnaud
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2008