Regional employment change - task change, occupations and industries

Amir-Ghassemi, Azad

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Title

Regional employment change - task change, occupations and industries

Author(s)

Amir-Ghassemi, Azad

Issue Date

2015-01-06

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Feser, Edward

Committee Member(s)

Feser, Edward J.

Department of Study

Agr & Consumer Economics

Discipline

Agr & Consumer Economics

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.S.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

• routinization
• task change
• occupation
• industry

Abstract

In this thesis, I study how routinization-the process of codifying and automating job tasks-influences regional employment change. I examine two questions. First, does routinization drive employment change in US metropolitan areas after controlling for occupation and industry mix? Second, does overall employment change occur more strongly through occupational change than industry change across US metropolitan areas? My analysis finds that routinization is a major determinant of both total and relative changes across industry-occupation employment groups; changes in industry group employment have been more important influences on overall employment change than changes in occupation group employment; the difference between occupation group and industry group effects are lessening over time; and joint industry and occupation effects are decreasingly less important in understanding employment change. These findings underscore the importance of task--change in determining employment change and in understanding industries versus occupations as categories for analyzing the evolution of regional economies.

Graduation Semester

2015-5

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