Chart: Replication of the occupation coding crosswalk: Occupation employment share comparison between Acemoglu and Autor (2011) and our data, 1979–2009

Appendix Figure A

Replication of the occupation coding crosswalk: Occupation employment share comparison between Acemoglu and Autor (2011) and our data, 1979–2009

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata and Acemoglu/Autor data provided on David Autor’s website among the files used to create Figure 12 for Acemoglu /Autor (2011), located here: http://economics.mit.edu/~dautor/hole-vol4/figs/fig-12-rev.zip

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