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Market characteristics, intra-firm coordination, and the choice of human resource management systems : evidence from new Japanese data
Kato, Takao (contributor); Ōwan, Hideo (contributor) - 2007
This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglected linkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices). In so doing, we also provide fresh insights on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561667
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Work-life balance practices, performance-related pay, and gender equality in the workplace : evidence from Japan
Kato, Takao; Kodama, Naomi - 2015
This paper uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346576
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Robots at work
Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - 2015
robot use with a measure of workers' replaceability by robots, which is based on the tasks prevalent in industries before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501865
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Productive robots and industrial employment : the role of national innovation systems
Kapetaniou, Chrystalla; Pissaridēs, Christophoros A. - 2022
In a model with robots, and automatable and complementary human tasks, we examine robot-labour substitutions and show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821886
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Automation and related technologies: a mapping of the new knowledge base
Santarelli, Enrico; Staccioli, Jacopo; Vivarelli, Marco - 2022
Using the entire population of USPTO patent applications published between 2002 and 2019, and leveraging on both patent classification and semantic analysis, this paper aims to map the current knowledge base centred on robotics and AI technologies. These technologies are investigated both as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805445
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Local shocks and internal migration: the disparate effects of robots and Chinese imports in the US
Faber, Marius; Sarto, Andrés; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
Migration has long been considered one of the key mechanisms through which labor markets adjust to economic shocks. In this paper, we analyze the migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the late 1990s - Chinese import competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603222
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The impact of robots on labour market transitions in Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle; Lewandowski, Piotr; … - 2022
We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries between 1998-2017. Overall, we find … driver of cross-country differences: the effects of robot exposure are generally larger in absolute terms in countries with …, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on transitions. Our results imply that robot adoption increased employment and …
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The "robot economy" and optimal taxtransfer reforms
Colombino, Ugo; Islam, Nizamul - 2022
Globalization and automation might imply deep changes on the labour market. An important policy issue is whether and how the tax-transfer rules should be reformed to cope with those changes. While the prevailing response has consisted of more sophisticated designs of mean-testing and targeting,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172847
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The impact of robot adoption on global sourcing
Cilekoglu, Akin A.; Moreno, Rosina; Ramos, Raúl - 2021
This paper studies the impact of robot adoption on firms' global sourcing activities. Using a rich panel dataset of … Spanish manufacturing firms, we show that robot adopting firms increased their intermediate input purchases from foreign and … outsourcing and the lowest in foreign vertical integration. We find that robot adopters fragment their production further by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494895
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People versus machines in the UK : minimum wages, labor reallocation and automatable jobs
Lordan, Grace - 2019
This study follows the Lordan and Neumark (2018) analysis for the US, and examines whether minimum wage increases affect employment opportunities in automatable jobs in the UK for low-skilled low-wage workers. Overall, I find that increasing the minimum wage decreases the share of automatable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127323