Job Polarisation and the Rise in Non-standard Employment

• In Event: Welfare, Policy, and Institutions II

Brief Overview

Faced with a lower demand for routine labour, middle-skilled workers downgrade to non-routine manual occupations. This results in a higher share of non-standard employment at the lower end of the labour market.

Authors

• Lars van Doorn, University of Leiden

• Olaf van Vliet, Leiden University