The impact on the skill premium of the task content of jobs: evidence from online job ads for Chile 2009 – 2018

Campos-Gonzalez, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-1827 (2025) The impact on the skill premium of the task content of jobs: evidence from online job ads for Chile 2009 – 2018. Estudios de Economía, 52 (1). pp. 133-189. ISSN 0718-5286

Abstract/Summary

We evaluate the influence on the skill premium of the task content of jobs by exploiting the text data from online job ads covering 2009-2018 (over 189,000 ads) published by one of the leading Chilean online job portals (www.trabajando.com). Our analysis tests the expected complementarity between skilled labour, non-routine cognitive (analytical and interactive), and routine cognitive tasks. Our results show weak evidence of the influence on the skill premium of our task-related measures. Nevertheless, some implications arise from this apparent decrease in the importance of the tasks skilled workers typically perform, such as inefficient educational investment or unwanted changes in the occupational ladder.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/122171
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Chile
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