Technical change, task allocation, and labor unions

Marczak, Martyna; Beißinger, Thomas; Brall, Franziska

Technical change, task allocation, and labor unions

dc.contributor.author	Marczak, Martyna	de
dc.contributor.author	Beißinger, Thomas	de
dc.contributor.author	Brall, Franziska	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T09:03:02Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T09:03:02Z
dc.date.created	2022-10-25
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	We propose a novel framework that integrates the task approach" for a more precise production modeling into the search-and-matching model with low- and high-skilled workers, and wage setting by labor unions. We establish the relationship between task reallocation and changes in wage pressure, and examine how skill- biased technical change (SBTC) affects the task composition, wages of both skill groups, and unemployment. In contrast to the canonical model with a fixed task allocation, low-skilled workers may be harmed in terms of either lower wages or higher unemployment depending on the relative task-related productivity profile of both worker types. We calibrate the model to the US and German data for the periods 1995-2005 and 2010-2017. The simulated effects of SBTC on low-skilled unemployment are largely consistent with observed developments. For example, US low-skilled unemployment increases due to SBTC in the earlier period and decreases after 2010.	en
dc.identifier.swb	1819870855
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6771
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-20806
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2022,05
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Task approach	en
dc.subject	Search and matching	en
dc.subject	Labor unions	en
dc.subject	Skill-biased technological change	en
dc.subject	Labor demand	en
dc.subject	Wage setting	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Technischer Fortschritt	de
dc.subject.gnd	Lohnbildung	de
dc.title	Technical change, task allocation, and labor unions	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	2080
local.series.issueNumber	2022,05
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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