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Human Capital Specificity: Evidence from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Displaced Worker Surveys, 1984–2000

Poletaev, Maxim, Robinson, Chris·2008·Journal of Labor Economics
DOI 10.1086/588180
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Measures of four basic skills, constructed from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, are used to examine the source of human capital specificity. The measures are used to characterize the skill portfolio of each job and to construct distance measures between jobs. Wage losses in the Displaced Worker Surveys are shown to be more closely associated with switching skill portfolios than switching industry or occupation code per se. These switches represent large decreases in the skill portfolio in the postdisplacement job. The recent evidence for industry‐specific capital is reexamined. The results suggest a difference between fluid and crystallized skills.

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Authors
Poletaev, M., & Robinson, C.
Venue
Journal of Labor Economics
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2008-07
Volume
26
Issue
3
Pages
387-420
ISSN
  • 0734-306X (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5307
DOI
10.1086/588180
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W2112109732
Cited by
326
References
22
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31.85
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journal article
Language
en
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