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Polarization of the Nordic Labour Markets

Rita Asplund et al.

Finnish Economic Papers2011article
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Abstract

Labour-market polarization is characterized by increased employment in occupa-tions at the top but also at the bottom of the skills and wage distributions, followed by a relative decline in ‘middling ’ occupations. This paper documents a polariza-tion trend also in the Nordic labour markets and contrasts it to comparative findings for the USA. Analysis of the extent to which differences in wage development across skill groups have enhanced or attenuated this process of polarization in employment patterns suggests that the U-shaped pattern of employment change prevails also after controlling for concomitant changes in relative occupational wages. Hence, it seems that also the Nordic countries have experienced a shift from skill-biased tech-nological change to non-routine-biased technological change – or, more likely, a combination of the two – and that this process has not been particularly dampened by compressed wage structures or relatively more rigid wages. (JEL: J21, J23, J31) * This work has received financial support from the Nordic

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@article{rita2011,
  title        = {{Polarization of the Nordic Labour Markets}},
  author       = {Rita Asplund et al.},
  journal      = {Finnish Economic Papers},
  year         = {2011},
}

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0.42

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

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M · momentum0.64 × 0.15 = 0.10
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