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Labor supply and automation innovation
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020
supply on automation innovation by exploiting an immigrant placement policy in Germany during the 1990s and 2000s. Difference …-in-differences estimates indicate that one additional worker per 1,000 manual and unskilled workers reduces automation innovation by 0 …-skilled workers. Labor market tightness and external demand are plausible mechanisms for the labor-innovation nexus. …
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The past and future of work : how history can inform the age of automation
Schneider, Benjamin; Vipond, Hillary - 2023
Debates about the future of work frequently reference past instances of transformative innovation to preface analysis … of how automation and artificial intelligence could reshape society and the economy. However, technological shifts in … overview of the current debates around the potential effects of impending labor-replacing innovation. We then summarize …
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The impact of entry regulation on total welfare : a policy experiment
Liu, An-Hsiang; Siebert, Ralph; Zulehner, Christine - 2013
This paper evaluates how different lengths of entry regulation impact market structure and market performance using a dynamic structural model. We formulate an oligopoly model in the tradition of Ericson and Pakes (1995) and allow entry costs to vary over time. Firms have the opportunity to...
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Ten facts on declining business dynamism and lessons from endogenous growth theory
Akcigit, Ufuk; Ates, Sina T. - 2019
explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …
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Acquisition for sleep
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Olofsson, Charlotta; Persson, Lars - 2020
Within the policy debate, there is a fear that large incumbent firms buy small firms' inventions to ensure that they are not used in the market. We show that such "acquisitions for sleep" can occur if and only if the quality of a process invention is small; otherwise, the entry profit will be...
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Growth effects of non proprietary innovation
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
may even reduce welfare. The reason is that it crowds out proprietary innovation which on net may reduce total innovation … in the long run. These effects would be reinforced if philanthropical innovation diverted people from other productive …
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Big tech acquisitions and innovation : an empirical assessment
Barsy, Laureen de; Gautier, Axel - 2024
this analysis, we use patent citations as a proxy for the innovation effort by the acquirer. Our main result is to show … that acquisition increases the innovation effort of the acquirer but only temporarily. After 1.5 year, there is no longer a … significant impact of the acquisition on the acquirer’s innovation effort. This decline is relatively larger when the acquired …
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Platform liability and innovation
Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine; Madio, Leonardo - 2022
the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability … increases innovation by reducing the competitive pressure faced by innovative products. However, there can be a misalignment of … intended effect on innovation. Platform liability tends to increase (decrease) innovation and consumer welfare when the …
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Robots, marriageable men, family, and fertility
Anelli, Massimo; Giuntella, Osea; Stella, Luca - 2021
Robots have radically changed the demand for skills and the role of workers in production. This phenomenon has replaced routine and mostly physical work of blue collar workers, but it has also created positive employment spillovers in other occupations and sectors that require more social...
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Robot imports and firm-level outcomes
Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Fadinger, Harald - 2020
between robot imports and employment, exogenous changes in automation lead to job losses. We also find that robot imports … result suggests that productivity gains from automation may not be entirely passed on to consumers in the form of lower …
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