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An Explanation of the Educational Structure of Occupations
Author(s) -
Beekman Theo,
Dekker Ron,
Grip Andries,
Heijke Hand
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1991.tb00050.x
Subject(s) - estimation , class (philosophy) , substitution (logic) , econometrics , economics , labour economics , computer science , management , artificial intelligence , programming language
. This article sets out to disclose the factors underlying the development of the educational structure of occupations. The shares of educational classes in the employment of occupations in economic sectors are taken as points of departure. The explanatory variables are technological progress and substitution processes generated by shifts in the skill structure of labour supply. For each educational class, an estimation is made with the help of a linear model, the estimation being that of Weighted Least Squares.