This paper examines if workers face larger costs from losing their job in a mass layoff whether they were employed in routine-intensive occupations as technological change erodes their employment perspectives outside of their original job. We use worker-level data on mass layoffs in Germany between 1980 and 2010 and provide evidence that workers who were employed in more routine-intensive occupations indeed suffer larger and more persistent earnings losses. We find that earnings losses are primarily due to a reduction in the number of days in employment, suggesting that routine-intensive workers face considerable difficulties in coping with job loss. The additional displacement costs associated with routine intensity have increased over time.

本文研究了工人是否因大规模裁员而失业而面临更大的成本，因为技术变革侵蚀了他们原先工作之外的就业观念，因此他们是否被从事日常密​​集型工作。我们使用了1980年至2010年德国工人大规模裁员的数据，并提供证据表明，从事常规劳动强度更高的职业的工人的确遭受了更大，更持久的收入损失。我们发现收入损失主要是由于减少了工作天数，这表明日常密集型工人在应对失业方面面临相当大的困难。随着时间的推移，与常规强度相关的额外置换成本增加了。