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IT-Based Technical Change and Job Instability

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  • Luc Behaghel
  • Julie Moschion

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We investigate the impact of IT diffusion on the stability of employment. We document the evolution of different components of job instability over a panel of 348 cities in France, from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s. The evidence goes against the view that the diffusion of IT has spurred job instability. Yet, analysing long-term differences in the occupational structure, we find that IT diffusion has increased the share of high-skill occupations at the expense of low-skill occupations. This is consistent with French firms' reliance on their internal labour market to meet the new skill requirements associated with IT diffusion.

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  • Luc Behaghel & Julie Moschion, 2016. "IT-Based Technical Change and Job Instability," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 118(1), pages 79-104, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:scandj:v:118:y:2016:i:1:p:79-104
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    1. Kerstin Hotte & Melline Somers & Angelos Theodorakopoulos, 2022. "Technology and jobs: A systematic literature review," Papers 2204.01296, arXiv.org.

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