Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216680 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal for Labour Market Research [ISSN:] 2510-5027 [Volume:] 53 [Issue:] 6 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 1-11
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Data on tool use from O*Net's Tools and Technologies Supplement can, in conjunction with task-based measures, provide a new proxy for measuring and distinguishing general and specific skills at the occupational level. The tools and types of tools used in an occupation generate reasonable proxies for skill that vary across occupations and appear to capture features of occupations that differ from and complement task-based proxies for skill. Wage regressions indicate that job-specific tools, which correspond to particular occupations, are associated with higher pay. Non-specific tools correlate to lower-paying sales, service and administrative occupations.
Subjects: 
Job skills
Occupation-specific skills
Tool use
JEL: 
J24
J31
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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