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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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. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that automation technologies, contrary to other types of capital, replace …
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assignment of workers to tasks to quantitatively assess the aggregate impact of automation and other task-biased technological … inequality and lower output as occupation mobility has provided an "escape" for the losers from automation …
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innovations could replace job tasks and skills. The index not only considers task automation, but also contextual factors such as …
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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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This paper analyses changes in the speed of labour demand for new hires in response to the lockdowns that were repeatedly put in place to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It tests whether the uncertainty-reducing effect of similar lockdowns occurring in quick succession increased the...
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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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) and automation (robots). Workers in occupations with high AI exposure, perform different activities and face different … market biographies to investigate the impact on wages between 2010 and 2017. Results indicate a wage growth premium in … further explores the dynamic influence of AI exposure on individual wages over time, uncovering positive associations with …
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automation on industry and local labor share, employment, wages, personal inequality and poverty. We focus on seven Latin …This paper studies the effects of automation of production on labor market outcomes, and whether there is an effect of … automation on functional and personal inequality in Latin America. The paper combines several data sources and empirical …
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patents, information and communication technology (ICT) capital usage, and robot intensity - on average wages and labour … negative impact on labour income shares, suggesting that technology rents are not fully passed on to labour. Robot intensity is … technologies have a generally limited impact on wages and labour income shares. …
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