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This paper uses global census data to examine whether the labor market polarization and labor-displacing automation …
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The automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high …
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that are more exposed to automation in the U.S. through trade fared in exports and employment outcomes. The results show … growth in exports per worker from Mexico to the U.S. by 6.7 percent. Higher exposure to U.S. automation did not affect wage ….S. automation reduced manufacturing wage employment in areas where occupations were initially more susceptible to being automated …
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sample exceeds the threshold level beyond which further automation results in negative foreign direct investment growth and … direct investment is positive, but at a rate that is declining. So, although these are early warning signs, automation in …
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Automation will be a boon or a catastrophe depending on whom you listen to. This paper proposes an overlapping … can respond to increased demand from automation and subsequently whether automation will be beneficial or detrimental. In … automation. In testing the model's assumptions, the paper finds evidence that educational attainment, cognitive skills, and …
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that are more exposed to automation in the U.S. through trade fared in exports and employment outcomes. The results show …-2014 - lowers growth in exports per worker from Mexico to the U.S. by 6.7 percent. Higher exposure to U.S. automation did not affect …. Exposure to U.S. automation reduced manufacturing wage employment in areas where occupations were initially more susceptible to …
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income share of "routine" labor-which is relatively more prone to automation-and a milder rise in the non-routine share … calibrated to match these trends suggests modest aggregate welfare gains from automation …
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Technology and globalization are threatening manufacturing's traditional ability to deliver both productivity and jobs at a large scale for unskilled workers. Concerns about widening inequality within and across countries are raising questions about whether interventions are needed and how...
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If trade tensions between the United States and certain trading partners escalate into a full-blown trade war, what should developing countries do? Using a global, general-equilibrium model, this paper first simulates the effects of an increase in U.S. tariffs on imports from all regions to...
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In the mid-2000s, the production of hearing aids shifted almost entirely to 3D printing. Using difference-in-differences and synthetic control methods, this paper examines the effects of this shift on trade flows. The analysis finds that trade increased roughly 60 percent following the...
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