This paper studies the effects of automation in economies with labor market distortions that generate worker rents--wages …

advantage in the most complex tasks relative to capital, and because the wages of the least skilled workers are sufficiently low … relative to their productivity and the effective cost of capital in low-complexity tasks. Minimum wages and other sources of … higher wages at the bottom make interior automation less likely. Starting with interior automation, a reduction in the cost …

We examine the link between labour market developments and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and … protection laws. In contrast to the findings for employment, we find little evidence for a relationship between wages and … potential exposures to new technologies …

', and teamster wages rose, as predicted by the model …

-commerce firm's fulfillment centers reduces traditional retail workers' income in geographically proximate counties by 2.4%. Wages …

We analyze how output and wages behave under different scenarios for technological progress that may culminate in … ever more complex tasks amenable to automation. The effects on wages depend on a race between automation and capital … accumulation. If automation proceeds sufficiently slowly, then there is always enough work for humans, and wages may rise forever …