Polarization(s) in labour markets (dossier thématique)

This issue highlights recent research in economics on the subject of job polarization. First, it places the polarization phenomenon in the set of changes that labour markets have undergone since the 1950s. It then discusses the firms’ transformations and workers’ professional transitions in connection with the development of new technologies and international trade. This issue aims to take stock of the remaining issues that call for future developments in research on polarization