Structural Transformation of Occupation Employment

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We use census data to show that structural transformation reflects a fundamental reallocation of labor from goods to services, instead of a relabelling that occurs when goods-producing firms outsource their in-house service production. The novelty of our approach is that it categorizes labor by occupations, which are invariant to outsourcing. We find that the reallocation of labor from goods-producing to service-producing occupations is a robust feature in censuses from around the world and different time periods. To understand the underlying forces, we propose a tractable model in which uneven occupation-specific technological change generates structural transformation of occupation employment.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9321

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
• Subject: biased technological change ; occupations ; outsourcing ; structural transformation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Duernecker, Georg ; Herrendorf, Berthold
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/245502
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET