International Differences in the Effect of Skills on Job Mobility: A Schumpeterian Perspective

28 Pages Posted: 17 Oct 2019 Last revised: 6 Sep 2022

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Damir Stijepic

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Date Written: August 2, 2022

Abstract

Making use of an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I document systematic differences in the effect of skills on job mobility across the 37 countries in the sample. Most notably, while economic growth is associated with relatively higher job mobility among skilled workers, the prevalence of information and communication technology (ICT) in the workplace is associated with relatively lower job mobility among skilled workers.

Keywords: job mobility, cognitive skills, human capital, economic growth, creative destruction, international comparisons, PIAAC

JEL Classification: J62, J63, J22, J24, O33, O40, I26, E24, D61

Suggested Citation

Stijepic, Damir, International Differences in the Effect of Skills on Job Mobility: A Schumpeterian Perspective (August 2, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3466370 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3466370

Damir Stijepic (Contact Author)

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ( email )

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Mainz, 55128
Germany

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