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From Ghana to America: The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development

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dc.contributor.authorLo Bello, Salvatore
dc.contributor.authorSanchez Puerta, Maria Laura
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Hernan
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T18:39:38Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T18:39:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-31
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content ofjobs. This article contributes to this research by using data on thetask content of occupations from developing countries, instead of US data as most existing studies do. It finds that US-based indexes do not provide a fair approximation of the levels, changes and drivers of the routine cognitive and non-routine manual skill content of jobs in developing countries. The authors also uncover three new stylized facts. First, while developed countries tend to have jobsmore intensive in non-routine cognitive skills than developing ones, income (both in growth and levels) is not associated with the skill content of jobs once other factors are accounted for. Second,while ICT adoption is linked to job de-routinization, international trade is an off setting force. Last, ICT adoption is correlated with lower employment growth in countries with a high share of occupations intensive in routine tasks.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635051551724745132/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/31354
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31354
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJobs Working Paper;No. 23
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectGLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.titleFrom Ghana to Americaen
dc.title.subtitleThe Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Developmenten
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleFrom Ghana to America
okr.date.disclosure2019-03-04
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635051551724745132/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development
okr.guid635051551724745132
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/31354
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b086a14743_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30800360
okr.identifier.report134251
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635051551724745132/pdf/134251-revised-p166096-public-2-3-2019-8-7-10-JobDiagnosticsCoverSeries.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (GPSJB)
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