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The Executive guide to Artificial Intelligence : how to identify and implement applications for AI in your organization

Burgess, Andrew - 2018

This book takes a pragmatic and hype-free approach to explaining artificial intelligence and how it can be utilised by businesses today. At the core of the book is a framework, developed by the author, which describes in non-technical language the eight core capabilities of Artificial...

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Innovation, Automation, and Inequality: Policy Challenges in the Race against the Machine

Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2019

We analyze the effects of R&D-driven automation on economic growth, education, and inequality when high-skilled workers … and that they may actually reduce education. Finally, we extend the model by fair wage concerns and show how automation …

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Robots, Reshoring, and the Lot of Low-Skilled Workers

Krenz, Astrid; Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2020

We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the offshoring and reshoring decisions of firms in the age of automation …. Our theory suggests that increasing productivity in automation leads to a relocation of previously offshored production … it leads also to increasing wages for high-skilled workers, automation-induced reshoring is associated with an increasing …

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The Future of Work in Developing Economies: What can we learn from the South?

Egana del Sol, Pablo - 2020

In recent years, there has been an escalation of concern revolving around the effect that automation will have on the … at a large scale. Numerous studies have begun to investigate automation's impact on labor markets, although all have … Skills Measurement Program Database, we examine automation's effect on 10 developing countries throughout Latin America …

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Automation and Demographic Change

Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Prettner, Klaus - 2020

We analyze the effects of declining population growth on automation. Theoretical considerations imply that countries … with lower population growth introduce automation technologies faster. We test the theoretical implication on panel data …

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Robots, Digitalization, and Worker Voice

Belloc, Filippo; Burdin, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio - 2022

The interplay between labor institutions and the firm-level adoption of new technologies such as robotics and other advanced digital tools remains poorly understood. Using a cross-sectional sample of more than 20000 European establishments, this paper documents a positive association between...

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Navigating the Precarious Path: Understanding the Dualisation of the Italian Labour Market through the Lens of Involuntary Part-Time Employment

Cuccu, Liliana; Royuela, Vicente; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2024

This paper investigates the surge in Involuntary Part-Time (IPT) employment in Italy from 2004 to 2019, exploring its impact on various socio-economic groups and adopting a spatial perspective. Our study tests the hypothesis that technological shifts, specifically routine biased technological...

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Does the Rise of Robotic Technology Make People Healthier?

Gunadi, Christian; Ryu, Hanbyul - 2020

Technological advancements bring changes to our life, altering our behaviors as well as our role in the economy. In this paper, we examine the potential effect of the rise of robotic technology on health. The results of the analysis suggest that higher penetration of industrial robots in the...

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Calling Older Workers Back to Work

Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2021

role of services also contributed, while automation weighed on their participation. …

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The Nordic model of economic development: shocks, reforms and future prospects

Iacono, Roberto - 2017

population ageing and increased automation for indicators of sustainability for the Nordic welfare states. …

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