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U.S. Robots and their Impacts in the Tropics : Evidence from Colombian Labor Markets
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2020
specifically focus in Colombia's labor market, and how the automation in the U.S. impacts Colombian workers by replacing exports … from Colombia for cheaper robot-made U.S. products. We use employer-employee matched data from the Colombian social … the U.S. are displacing workers in Colombia. We find that U.S. robots decrease employment and earnings for Colombian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482253
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The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization
Goldberg, Pinelopi K. - 2003
1980's and 1990's, Brazil and Colombia, we examine the response of the informal sector to liberalization. In Brazil, we … find no evidence of a relationship between trade policy and informality. In Colombia, we do find evidence of such a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469258
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Labor Market Effects of Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs : Lessons from Colombia
Ferreira, María M.; Galindo, Camila; Urzua, Sergio - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper estimates the heterogeneous labor market effects of enrolling in higher education short-cycle (SC) programs. Expanding access to these programs might affect the behavior of some students (compliers) in two margins: the expansion margin (students who would not have enrolled in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334396
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Training, Communications Patterns, and Spillovers Inside Organizations
Espinosa, Miguel; Stanton, Christopher T. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study direct productivity changes and spillovers after a randomized training program for the frontline workers in a Colombian government agency. While trained workers improved their individual production, we also find substantial spillovers that affected managers' productivity. We use email...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334442
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What Makes a Program Good? Evidence from Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Five Developing Countries
Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Urzua, Sergio; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
novel survey to collect program-level information on quality determinants and average outcomes for Brazil, Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362018
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Automation and Rent Dissipation : Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity
Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper studies the effects of automation in economies with labor market distortions that generate worker rents--wages above opportunity cost--in some jobs. We show that automation targets high-rent tasks, dissipating rents and amplifying wage losses from automation. It also reduces...
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The Health Wedge and Labor Market Inequality
Finkelstein, Amy; McQuillan, Casey C.; Zidar, Owen M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Over half of the U.S. population receives health insurance through an employer, with employer premium contributions creating a flat "head tax" per worker, independent of their earnings. This paper develops and calibrates a stylized model of the labor market to explore how this uniquely American...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248009
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Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market : Patterns Over Time and Across Generations
Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article reviews evidence on the labor market performance of Hispanics in the United States, with a particular focus on the US-born segment of this population. After discussing critical issues that arise in the US data sources commonly used to study Hispanics, we document how Hispanics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477242
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New Technologies and Jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; Silva, António Dias da; Jimeno, Juan F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We examine the link between labour market developments and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and software in 16 European countries over the period 2011- 2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find that on average employment shares have increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322745
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Monopsony, Efficiency, and the Regularization of Undocumented Immigrants
Borjas, George J.; Edo, Anthony - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In May 1981, President François Mitterrand regularized the status of undocumented immigrant workers in France. The newly legalized immigrants represented 12 percent of the non-French workforce and about 1 percent of all workers. Employers have monopsony power over undocumented workers because...
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