Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210909 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1268
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
Globalization has increased in recent decades, resulting in structural changes of production and labor demand. This paper examines how the increased global engagement of firms affects the structure of the workforce. We find that the aggregate distribution of occupations in Sweden has become more skilled between 1997 and 2013. Moreover, firms with a high degree of international orientation have a relatively skilled distribution of occupations and firms with low international orientation have a relatively unskilled distribution of occupations. High- and low-skilled occupations have increased in importance whereas middle-skilled occupations have declined with a resulting job polarization. We also discuss and analyze the role played by new technology and automatization.
Subjects: 
Occupations
Job polarization
Globalization
Multinational enterprises
Exporter
Automatization
JEL: 
F10
F16
F23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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