Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263381 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15165
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
I study the trade-induced restructuring process using a novel measure of new work that captures the firm's demand for jobs employing new knowledge, skills, and technologies. To construct measures of new work, I identify newly emerged job titles using word embedding models. Using both regional and firm-level analyses, I find that greater import exposure causes a persistent increase in new work in managerial occupations, but a decrease in new work in other occupations. Examining the activities performed in managerial new work, I find evidence of increased investments in post-production activities such as customer support, marketing, and sales. I further show that the trade-induced increase in managerial new work is driven by college-educated workers, thereby shedding light on the role of new work adoption in the distributional consequences of import shocks.
Subjects: 
new work
trade adjustments
labor market inequality
JEL: 
F16
J23
O33
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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