Labour economists have been increasingly interested in the impact of technological change
upon employment and unemployment. However, the predominant focus of empirical studies
has been on employment and unemployment stocks, whereas technological change is more
likely to affect the flows of labour. This paper focuses on the latter issue. In particular, given
the technological change, two major questions posed in this paper are: (i) who moves from
low-tech to high-tech jobs and who moves from high-tech to low-tech jobs, and (ii) what are
the factors which drive such movements. The data used in this study are from the 1994
Australian Labour Mobility Survey. A new index describing the technological level of a job is
constructed and the magnitude and direction of movements along the technological ladder
are examined. Using individual-level socio-economic variables, we explain the determinants
of the direction of the job change. Some relevant policy implications are also discussed.
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