Stata do files to calculate worker-level routine task intensity measures with PIAAC and STEP data

Stata do files to calculate worker-level routine task intensity (RTI) measures with the PIAAC and STEP individual data. There are separate files for PIAAC and STEP data. The definitions follow Lewandowski et al. (WBER 2022). You can use the attached Stata do files to calculate the same RTI for any country with PIAAC, STEP, or CULS data. The US PIAAC serves as the reference for the standardisation of the task measures. To simplify the do file use, we coded the exact values required for standardization so you can use it even if you have no access to the US PIAAC data, or if your sample differs slightly from ours.

Please cite the following article when using the dofile and the RTI measure that we developed:

Lewandowski P., Park A., Hardy W., Du Y., Wu S., 2022, Technology, Skills, and Globalization: Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data, The World Bank Economic Review, 36(3), 670–686, https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhac005