From Occupations to Embedded Skills : A Cross-Country Comparison

From Occupations to Embedded Skills : A Cross-Country Comparison

This paper derives the skill content of 30 countries, ranging from low-income to high-income ones, from the occupational structure of their economies. Five different skills are defined.. Cross-country measures of skill content show that the intensi...

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Main Authors: Aedo, Cristian, Hentschel, Jesko, Luque, Javier, Moreno, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
BEHAVIORS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
CITIES
CLERKS
COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS
DATA SOURCES
DECISION-MAKING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCUSSION
DIVISION OF LABOR
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ELECTRICIANS
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYMENT
ENGINEERS
EQUIPMENT
EXPLORATION
FARMERS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
IDEAS
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOMES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
JOBS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR OFFICE
LABOR STANDARD
LABORERS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LITERACY
MATHEMATICS
MEMORY
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION
OCCUPATIONS
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
PROBLEM SOLVING
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
RAW DATA
SERVICE SECTORS
SKILL STRUCTURE
SKILL TYPE
TECHNICIANS
TRAITS
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKFORCE
WORKPLACE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18091484/occupations-embedded-skills-cross-country-comparison
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15926

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18091484/occupations-embedded-skills-cross-country-comparison
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15926

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