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Title: The Growing Importance of Social Tasks in High-Paying Occupations: Implications for Sorting

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 0022-166X

DOI: 10.3368/JHR.58.5.0121-11455R1

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Abstract: We document that, since 1980, higher-paying occupations in the United States have experienced increases in the importance of tasks requiring social skills compared to lower-paying ones. Economic theory indicates that the occupational sorting of workers depends on their comparative advantage in performing occupational tasks. Hence, changes in the relative importance of tasks across occupations change sorting. We document that the increasing relative importance of social tasks in high-paying occupations can account for an important fraction of the increased sorting of women relative to men towards these occupations in recent decades.

Url: https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/5/1429

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Authors: Cortes, Guido Matias; Jaimovich, Nir; Siu, Henry E.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Human Resources

Issue: 5

Volume: 58

Pages: 1429-1451

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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