What are the effects of job polarization on skills distribution of young workers in developing countries?

Patrik Gemmel

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What are the effects of job polarization on skills distribution of young workers in developing countries?

Patrik Gemmel

Technical brief (Work4Youth), no. 7, ILO

2016

Abstract

young workers

globalization

technological change

labour demand

labour market

developed countries

developing countries

One of the most discussed topics in the domain of labour economics during the last couple of decades has been the polarization of employment in industrialized countries, namely the growth of high and low paying jobs and the decline of jobs paying wages around the middle of the wage distribution.

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Title: What are the effects of job polarization on skills distribution of young workers in developing countries?
Creators: Patrik Gemmel
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Policy Department.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2016
Series: Technical brief (Work4Youth); no. 7
Number of pages: 16 p.
Language: English
Asset Type: brief
Record Identifier: 995219060102676
Table of contents: 1. A brief review of the literature -- 2. Technical challenges -- 3. Globalization and the distribution of skills in developing countries -- 4. Concluding remarks.