Browsing by Subject "Occupations"

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    • The spatial clustering of occupations 

      Swift, Henry Spencer (MIT International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT), 2014)
      Workers in similar occupations cluster, much like firms in similar industries. This may be due to firm clustering, but I propose a supply-side mechanism that may also provide an explanation. When workers face a risk of ...

    • Technology Choices: Why Occupations Differ in Their Embrace of New Technology 

      Bailey, Diane E.; Leonardi, Paul M. (MIT Press, 2015)
      Why do people who perform largely the same type of work make different technology choices in the workplace? An automotive design engineer working in India, for example, finds advanced information and communication technologies ...