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Automation, globalization and vanishing jobs : a labor market sorting view
Faia, Ester; Laffitte, Sébastien; Mayer, Maximilian; … - 2020
We show, theoretically and empirically, that the effects of technological change associated with automation and … is that better matches enjoy a comparative advantage in exploiting automation and a comparative disadvantage in … exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222391
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The macroeconomics of automation : data, theory, and policy analysis
Jaimovich, Nir; Saporta-Eksten, Itay; Siu, Henry E.; … - 2020
investment. This allows us to quantify the role of advancement in automation technology in accounting for these labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161124
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How robots change within-firm wage inequality
Barth, Erling; Røed, Marianne; Schøne, Pål; Umblijs, … - 2020
Using novel matched employer-employee register data with firm-level information on the introduction of industrial robots, this paper analysis the impact of robots on the wages of workers in the manufacturing sector. The results show that industrial robots increase wages for high-skilled workers...
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The growth of low skill service jobs and the polarization of the US labor market
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2012
We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 and 2005, and the concurrent growth of low skill service occupations. We attribute polarization to the interaction between consumer preferences, which favor variety over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679627
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Organizational redesign, information technologies and workplace productivity
Dostie, Benoît (contributor);  … - 2008
Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function, augmented to account for technology use and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741920
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Coevolution of job automation risk and workplace governance
Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Cattani, Luca; … - 2021
This paper analyzes the interplay between the allocation of authority within firms and workers' exposure to automation … are likely to emerge in our framework: in one, workplace governance is based on ER and job designs have low automation … risk; in the other, ER is absent and workers are involved in automation-prone production tasks. Using data from a large …
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The growth of participant direction in defined contribution plans
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2009
Since 1990, most pension plans have shifted the responsibility for directing pension assets to the employee. This study summarizes some of the possible explanations for this rapid shift toward participant direction and uses IRS Form 5500 data to investigate the effect of worker and plan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829728
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Genetic ability, wealth, and financial decision-making
Barth, Daniel; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; Thom, Kevin - 2017
Recent advances in behavioral genetics have enabled the discovery of genetic scores linked to a variety of economic outcomes, including education. We build on this progress to demonstrate that the same genetic variants that predict educational attainment independently predict household wealth in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613150
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Mind, body, bubble! : psychological and biophysical dimensions of behavior in experimental asset markets
Butler, David J.; Cheung, Stephen L. - 2018
Asset market bubbles and crashes are a major source of economic instability and inefficiency. Sometimes ascribed to animal spirits or irrational exuberance, their source remains imperfectly understood. Experimental methods can isolate systematic deviations from an asset's fundamental value in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870688
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Locus of control and consistent investment choices
Pinger, Pia; Schäfer, Sebastian; Schumacher, Heiner - 2018
We document that an internal locus of control can be hindering in financial market situations, where short-term outcomes are determined by chance. The reason is that internally controlled individuals may tend to (over-)react to random outcomes. Our evidence is based on an experiment in which...
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