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Automation, Globalization and Vanishing Jobs : A Labor Market Sorting View
Faia, Ester - 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/10012833248
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Determinants of Automation Risk in the EU Labour Market : A Skills-Needs Approach
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2018
survey (ESJS), jobs are bundled according to their estimated risk of automation. The paper builds on the methodology of … high risk of automation. The distribution of high automatability across industries and occupations is also found to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910730
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We Were the Robots : Automation and Voting Behavior in Western Europe
Anelli, Massimo - 2019
ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure exposure to automation both at the regional level, based on the ex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865844
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Testing the Employment Impact of Automation, Robots and AI : A Survey and Some Methodological Issues
Barbieri, Laura - 2019
The present technological revolution, characterized by the pervasive and growing presence of robots, automation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862476
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The Impact of Education on Unemployment Incidence and Re-Employment Success : Evidence from the U.S. Labour Market
Riddell, W. Craig - 2011
This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals' transitions between employment and unemployment, with particular focus on the extent to which education improves re-employment outcomes among unemployed workers. Given that positive correlations between education and labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128216
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Low-Skilled Immigrants and the U.S. Labor Market
Duncan, Brian - 2011
Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the U.S. labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants arrive with very low levels of schooling, English...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120406
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The Growth of Low Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
Autor, David H. - 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/10013096151
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The Returns to Language Skills in the US Labor Market
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2013
This paper uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) to study the returns to language skills of child and adult migrants in the US labor market. We employ an instrumental variable strategy, which exploits differences in language acquisition profiles between immigrants from English-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089283
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The US Labor Market in 2030 : A Scenario Based on Current Trends in Supply and Demand
Edwards, Rebecca - 2013
Three fundamental forces have shaped labor markets over the last 50 years: the secular increase in the returns to education, educational upgrading, and the integration of large numbers of women into the workforce. We modify the Katz and Murphy (1992) framework to predict the structure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071294
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Persistent Occupational Hierarchies Among Immigrant Worker Groups in the United States Labor Market
Postepska, Agnieszka - 2017
This paper examines the phenomenon of occupational hierarchies among immigrant labor groups in the United States. Using census data for 1940-2011 we document the persistent ranking of immigrant labor groups in major metropolitan areas reflected by their position in the empirical distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963857