. Unlike more mature, computer-based technologies, frontier technologies of the recent technology wave substantially lower …

This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology … technologies. Our results suggest that an acceleration of technology adoption would be associated with faster de-routinization and …

We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either … capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of … intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior automation arises when the most skilled workers have a comparative …

developments, some argue that large shares of jobs are "at risk of automation", spurring public fears of massive job-losses and … technological unemployment. This chapter discusses how new digital technologies might affect the labor market in the near future …. First, the chapter discusses estimates of automation potentials, showing that many estimates are severely upward biased …