largest US cities in the period 1990-2009. As a result of technological change some tasks can be placed at distance, while … others require proximity. We construct a measure of task connectivity to investigate which tasks are more likely to require … proximity relative to others. Our results suggest that cities with higher shares of connected tasks experienced higher …

executing nonroutine abstract tasks, and substitutes for unskilled workers in performing routine tasks. When we use our …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be …

equilibrium of forces that glue tasks together or unbundle them. Communication costs are the main force for clustering or gluing … together tasks; comparative advantage stimulates unbundling and specialisation. The estimates suggest that on average the … it explains a substantial part of the increase in offshoring tasks abroad. …

This paper presents a general equilibrium assignment model of workers to tasks with endogenous supply of skills. The … self-select the type of skills to supply and firms assign workers to tasks/machines. Equilibrium is characterized by two … functions mapping skills of each type to tasks and two wage functions, one for each type of skills, so that the wage …

How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate … complexity and its training requirements. When two tasks are equally complex, firms will automate the task that requires more …