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Table 2 Contributions of skill groups to changes in employment shares (pp) across the occupational distribution

From: The anatomy of job polarisation in the UK

 

All

Graduates

Non-graduates

Natives

Immigrants

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

Total

Between

Within

Total

Between

Within

Total

Between

Within

Total

Between

Within

Total

Between

Within

1979–2012

 Bottom

3.5

− 8.9

12.4

3.9

3.1

0.8

− 0.4

− 12.0

11.6

0.6

− 10.1

10.7

2.9

1.2

1.7

 Middle

− 19.3

− 7.2

− 12.0

9.0

8.3

0.7

− 28.3

− 15.5

− 12.7

− 20.6

− 10.3

− 10.4

1.4

3.0

− 1.7

 Top

15.8

16.2

− 0.4

15.0

16.6

− 1.5

0.7

− 0.4

1.2

11.9

12.3

− 0.4

3.8

3.9

0.0

1979–1989

 Bottom

0.9

− 2.2

3.1

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.5

− 2.6

3.1

0.6

− 2.2

2.8

0.3

0.0

0.3

 Middle

− 5.9

− 1.3

− 4.5

1.2

1.1

0.1

− 7.1

− 2.4

− 4.6

− 5.5

− 1.5

− 4.0

− 0.4

0.1

− 0.6

 Top

5.0

3.6

1.4

2.4

2.5

− 0.1

2.6

1.1

1.5

4.4

3.2

1.2

0.6

0.4

0.3

1989–1999

 Bottom

1.0

− 4.2

5.2

0.3

0.7

− 0.4

0.7

− 4.9

5.6

0.9

− 4.1

5.0

0.1

− 0.1

0.3

 Middle

− 6.6

− 2.4

− 4.2

3.6

2.9

0.7

− 10.2

− 5.4

− 4.8

− 6.4

− 2.7

− 3.7

− 0.2

0.3

− 0.5

 Top

5.6

6.6

− 1.1

6.2

6.4

− 0.3

− 0.6

0.2

− 0.8

4.6

6.0

− 1.3

0.9

0.7

0.2

1999–2009

 Bottom

0.3

− 3.0

3.3

1.8

0.7

1.1

− 1.5

− 3.7

2.2

− 1.6

− 4.2

2.6

1.9

1.2

0.7

 Middle

− 4.9

− 1.4

− 3.5

2.6

2.7

− 0.2

− 7.5

− 4.1

− 3.3

− 6.6

− 3.2

− 3.3

1.7

1.8

− 0.2

 Top

4.6

4.3

0.2

4.5

5.4

− 0.9

0.1

− 1.0

1.1

3.0

2.3

0.7

1.6

2.1

− 0.5

  1. Results from a shift-share analysis
  2. The table reports the total by education groups from the shift-share analysis with 48 skill groups. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born workers