created. In a static version where capital is fixed and technology is exogenous, automation reduces employment and the labor … capital accumulation and the direction of research towards automation and the creation of new tasks. If the long-run rental … rate of capital relative to the wage is sufficiently low, the long-run equilibrium involves automation of all tasks …

We provide an argument for long-term automation and decline in the labor income share, driven by capital accumulation … rescaled in the same way. Then ongoing capital accumulation gives rise to progressive automation, and the share of labor income …

on the assumption that capital accumulation does not change the technologies being developed and used. I adapt the theory … intuitive conditions and simple examples where a greater capital stock leads to lower wages, because it triggers more automation … extent of automation and the rate of growth of labor-augmenting productivity. In this framework, capital accumulation and …

mitigate the distributional consequences of rising import competition from China and the deployment of automation technologies …

We present a framework for understanding the effects of automation and other types of technological changes on labor … allocation of tasks to capital and labor--the task content of production. Automation, which enables capital to replace labor in … a result, automation always reduces the labor share in value added and may reduce labor demand even as it raises …

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 …

automation in the textile industry. Despite cotton textiles becoming one of the largest sectors in the British economy, real … wages for cotton weavers did not rise for decades. As E.P. Thompson emphasized, automation forced workers into unhealthy … factories with close surveillance and little autonomy. Automation can increase wages, but only when accompanied by new tasks …

factory automation. We build a novel measure of exposure to computer numerical control (CNC) based on initial variation in … to CNC increased capital investment and experienced higher labor productivity. Total employment rose, with gains for …