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dc.contributor.authorGörlich, Dennisen
dc.contributor.authorSnower, Dennis J.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-17-
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-26T13:28:15Z-
dc.date.available2010-02-26T13:28:15Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/30047-
dc.description.abstractThis paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work lead to wage inequality. We present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage premium. Since abilities and opportunities to expand the span of competence are distributed unequally among workers across and within education groups, our theory explains (1) rising wage inequality between groups, (2) rising wage inequality within groups, and (3) the polarization of work and the decoupling of the income distribution. Using a rich German data set covering a 20-year period from 1986 to 2006, we provide empirical support for our model.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Working Paper |x1588en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelL23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWage inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordtasksen
dc.subject.keywordmultitaskingen
dc.subject.keywordorganizational changeen
dc.titleWage inequality and the changing organization of work-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn618787801en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwkwp:1588en

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