Skill portfolio measures stratify by demographics: men, younger cohorts, and more educated workers show higher specialisation¶
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q2 i? Specialisation shows clearer demographic stratification than diversity: men, younger cohorts, and higher-education workers are shifted toward more specialised portfolios. → Carpanelli 2026
Evidence¶
Carpanelli 2026¶
Carpanelli, M., Duszynski, J. & Stephany, F. (2026). Navigating the skill diversity frontier: How skill complexity explains worker resilience. Working paper, Oxford Internet Institute. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02102 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.02102
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Descriptive analysis of 2025 portfolio distributions by gender, age generation, and education shown in Figure 2. The study reports that "Men are shifted toward higher specialisation than women" and that higher-education workers hold more specialised portfolios. No effect sizes are printed.
"Men are shifted toward higher specialisation than women, younger cohorts are more concentrated at higher levels of specialisation than older cohorts, and workers with higher educational attainment are shifted toward more specialised portfolios."
Discussion¶
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- Workers closest to the diversity frontier show the strongest adaptive outcomes, while frontier position is not associated with stronger wage sorting — related
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Skill portfolio measures stratify by demographics: men, younger cohorts, and more educated workers show higher specialisation |
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Skill portfolio measures stratify by demographics: men, younger cohorts, and more educated workers show higher specialisation |
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