High-Skill Job

A High-Skill Job is a occupation that performs high-skill tasks.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be performed by a High-Skill Worker.
  • It can range from being an Occupied High-Skill Job to being a Vacant High-Skill Job.
  • It can be counted towards a High-Skill Job Vacancy Rate.
• AKA: Highly-Skilled Job.
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• Example(s):
  • a Radiologist.
  • a Software Programmer.
  • a Professor.
  • a Lawyer/Attorney.
  • Researching.
  • Legal Counseling.
  • Medical Practice.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Medium Skill Occupation, such as a dental hygenist or legal assistant.
  • a Low Skill Occupation, such as a fruit picking, dog walking, taxi driving or a security guarding.
• See: Occupation, Worker Skill.

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References

2010

• (Acemoglu & Autor, 2010) ⇒ Daron Acemoglu, and David H. Autor. (2010). “Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings.” In: Handbook of Labor Economics Volume 4, Orley Ashenfelter (editor) and David E. Card (editor), Elsevier. ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53468-2
  • QUOTE: … (3) broad-based increases in employment in high skill and low skill occupations relative to middle skilled occupations (i.e., job 'polarization'); …

2003

• (Harmon, 2003) ⇒ C. Harmon, H. Oosterbeek, and I. Walker. (2003). “The Returns to Education: Microeconomics.” In: Journal of Economic Surveys, 17(2). Wiley
  • QUOTE: Fifthly, there may be non-pecuniary benefits associated with education including those associated with having a more highly skilled job, such as status, not reflected in wages (Chevalier and Lydon, 2001). …

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