Abstract:

The recent digital revolution has significantly broadened the scope of IT-related tasks across various occupations within the labor market. In this paper we document these changes, we propose a novel conceptual framework for thinking about the effect of technological change, and we investigate its impact on worker mobility across occupations using a gravity equation approach. Our results reveal that the evolution of skill distance between jobs significantly affected mobility patterns, disproportionately favoring workers with pre-existing knowledge of digital tools. Finally, we micro-found our gravity equation through a matching model to evaluate mobility in counterfactual scenarios without technological change.

Joint work with A. Dupuy and M. Raux.

Location:

RITM
Faculté Jean Monnet 54, Boulevard Desgranges 92330 Sceaux