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Title: Deskilling among manufacturing production workers

Citation Type: Newspaper Article

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Has technological progress in manufacturing been skill-biased or deskilling? This column argues that the conventional distinction between white-collar and production workers has concealed substantial deskilling among manufacturing production workers since the 1950s. Automation has reduced the demand for skilled craftsmen around the world, thereby reducing the number of jobs in which workers with little formal education could acquire significant marketable skills

Url: https://voxeu.org/article/deskilling-among-manufacturing-production-workers

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Authors: Kunst, David

Publication Name: Vox EU

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Publication Date: August 9, 2019

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Data Collections: IPUMS International

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

Countries: Netherlands