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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.accessioned2019-02-26T17:18:02Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T17:18:02Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content of jobs. This paper contributes to this research by using data on the task content of occupations in developing countries, instead of U.S. data, as most existing studies do. The paper finds that indexes based on U.S. data do not provide a fair approximation of the levels, changes, and drivers of the routine cognitive and nonroutine manual skill content of jobs in developing countries. The paper also uncovers three new stylized facts. First, while developed countries tend to have jobs more intensive in nonroutine cognitive skills than developing countries, income (in growth and levels) is not associated with the skill content of jobs once the analysis accounts for other factors. Second, although adoption of information and communications technology is linked to job de-routinization, international trade is an offsetting force. Last, adoption of information and communications technology is correlated with lower employment growth in countries with a high share of occupations that are intensive in routine tasks.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460301551120159026/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31332
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8758
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectSKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL JOBS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONAL SKILLS
dc.subjectINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectROUTINIZATION
dc.titleFrom Ghana to Americaen
dc.title.subtitleThe Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Developmenten
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okr.crossref.titleFrom Ghana to America: The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development
okr.date.disclosure2019-02-25
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460301551120159026/From-Ghana-to-America-The-Skill-Content-of-Jobs-and-Economic-Development
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8758
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okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Economics
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Poverty Reduction & ICT
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice
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