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trade and technology in the mid-1980s. In this paper, we examine the impact of technology on employment and skill demand … required labour per unit of output, technology has not reduced the aggregate employment in the Indian manufacturing sector …Indian manufacturers have invested significantly in technology upgradations since the economy opened up to foreign …
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associated with it. In particular, we distinguish between employment, hours and effort per worker, and allow for adjustment costs … associated with employment changes. We assume that the requirement function for effective hours has a general trans …-logarithmic form, and derive an estimable system of Euler equations for inventories and employment with implied cross …
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and the relative importance of, and demand for, different skill types over time. It develops a taxonomy which classifies … observable skills into information and communications technology (ICT) skills (which are of increasing importance as a result of …
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Forecasts about the effect of new technologies on labor demand are generally pessimistic. However, little is known about the current level of adoption and the effect on labor demand, particularly in developing countries. This paper exploits a recent employer survey in Peru to offer empirical...
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We unbox developments in artificial intelligence (AI) to estimate how exposure to these developments affect firm-level labour demand, using detailed register data from Denmark, Portugal and Sweden over two decades. Based on data on AI capabilities and occupational work content, We develop and...
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-level employment decisions. In contrast, the paper documents rapid and substantial employment adjustments through hires and separations …
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The present study adds to the literature on routinization and employment by capturing within-occupation task changes …; iii) allows workers to escape the employment and wage decline, conditional on the initial level of routine-task intensity …
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recession and in its aftermath, including the sharp decline in labor force participation and informal employment that is unique … technologies introduced at the trough of the recession bolsters the recovery of GDP, total employment, and labor income, and leads … to a larger expansion in the share of formal employment compared to the no-policy scenario. In the long run, the economy …
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that software and robots reduced the demand for low and medium-skill workers, the young, and women|especially in … manufacturing industries; but raised the demand for high-skill workers, older workers and men|especially in service industries …
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This paper investigates whether the diffusion of tangible IT and CT capital and intangible capital asset types has an impact on labour demand growth and the share of labour income in total income at the industry and country level. The econometric analysis is derived from a Cobb-Douglas...
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