Task implementation heterogeneity and wage dispersion

Artikel

Wage dispersion among observationally similar workers is still only partially unexplained by economists from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. Given that jobs can be broken down into tasks, namely units of work activities producing output, we empirically test whether part of the observed variation in wages across similar individuals is related to differences in the intensity with which tasks are implemented. We then investigate whether the variety in task implementation shown across occupations is related to cross-occupation wage levels. We found that the variation in task implementation in different occupations is related both to within-occupation wage dispersion and to cross-occupation wage levels: workers in high-wage occupations are less defined around a typical worker than those in other occupations.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor Economics ; ISSN: 2193-8997 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Pages: 1-24 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Thema: Tasks ; Wages ; Wage dispersion ; Workers ; Skills

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Visintin, Stefano ; Tijdens, Kea ; Steinmetz, Stephanie ; de Pedraza, Pablo
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40172-015-0036-2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152360
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ