Technological change and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: which workers are most affected?

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Main Authors: John Ariza, José Luis Raymond Bara
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Published: International Labour Organization 2020
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contents Technological change and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: which workers are most affected? John Ariza José Luis Raymond Bara This article adopts a task‐based approach to analyse employment patterns in terms of skill distribution and occupations in the urban labour markets of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico during 2002–15. The results suggest that employment fell strongly for some medium‐skilled occupations, and increased slightly for both low‐skilled and high‐skilled occupations. Decomposition results suggest that the decreasing share of employment of secretaries and stenographers is fully explained by changes within industries (routinization hypothesis), whereas the decrease in machinery operation and handicraft jobs is mainly explained by changes between industries. By socio‐demographic group, technological changes negatively affected women but benefited younger workers and those with higher educational attainment. 10.1111/ilr.12104 DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12104 publication.journalArticle
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spellingShingle Technological change and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: which workers are most affected?
John Ariza
José Luis Raymond Bara
Technological change and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: which workers are most affected? John Ariza José Luis Raymond Bara This article adopts a task‐based approach to analyse employment patterns in terms of skill distribution and occupations in the urban labour markets of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico during 2002–15. The results suggest that employment fell strongly for some medium‐skilled occupations, and increased slightly for both low‐skilled and high‐skilled occupations. Decomposition results suggest that the decreasing share of employment of secretaries and stenographers is fully explained by changes within industries (routinization hypothesis), whereas the decrease in machinery operation and handicraft jobs is mainly explained by changes between industries. By socio‐demographic group, technological changes negatively affected women but benefited younger workers and those with higher educational attainment. 10.1111/ilr.12104 DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12104 publication.journalArticle
title Technological change and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: which workers are most affected?
url https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Technological-change-and-employment-in-Brazil/995219388802676