Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Research Institute of Industrial Economics
No 1089: Global Engagement, Complex Tasks, and the Distribution of Occupational Employment
Carl Davidson, Fredrik Heyman (), Steven Matusz (), Fredrik Sjöholm () and Susan Chun Zhu ()
Additional contact information
Carl Davidson: Michigan State University
Fredrik Heyman: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Steven Matusz: GEP, University of Nottingham
Fredrik Sjöholm: Lund University, Postal: and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Susan Chun Zhu: Michigan State University
Abstract: Building on a framework introduced by Chaney and Ossa (2013), we construct a task-based model of the firm’s choice of occupational inputs to examine how that choice varies with greater global engagement. We depart from Chaney and Ossa by assuming that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms, while it is less skewed for larger firms. These results are consistent with our empirical findings in Davidson, et al (2015).
Keywords: Occupational mix; Globalization; Firms; Tasks; Employment
34 pages, October 13, 2015
Full text files
wp1089.pdf
Questions (including download problems) about the papers in this series should be directed to Elisabeth Gustafsson ()
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ().
This page generated on 2024-02-05 17:12:20.