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Title: Occupational Switching During the Second Industrial Revolution

Citation Type: Working Paper

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ISSN: 1556-5068

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4718761

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Abstract: During the Second Industrial Revolution, in the late nineteenth century, the proliferation of automation technologies coincided with substantial job creation but also a “hollowing out” of middle-skilled job opportunities, which historically offered reliable paths to prosperity. We use recently linked U.S. census data to document three main facts: (i) declining demand for middle-skilled labor in manufacturing corresponded to greater reallocation of workers into comparatively less-skilled occupations; (ii) older workers were more likely to switch to unskilled physical labor; (iii) younger workers led switching into growing occupations affected by automation technologies.

Url: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4718761

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Authors: Hobijn, Bart; Kaplan, Robert S.

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Publication Number: 2024-01

Institution: FRB of Chicago

Pages: 1-10

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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