This paper uses global census data to examine whether the labor market polarization and labor-displacing automation …, operators and assemblers has increased in absolute terms and as a share of the labor force. The paper then uses data on robot … usage to explore its impact on the relative employment evolution in each sample controlling for Chinese import penetration …

that are more exposed to automation in the U.S. through trade fared in exports and employment outcomes. The results show ….S. automation reduced manufacturing wage employment in areas where occupations were initially more susceptible to being automated … that an increase of one robot per thousand workers in the U.S.-about twice the increase observed between 2004-2014-lowers …

across countries and industries, the intensity of robot use in high-income countries has a positive impact on foreign direct … 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 …

output expansion. The research reported here demonstrates with economic theory and data from Argentina, Brazil, Chile …

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 …

The automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high …

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 …

change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only … or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered employment, and such a farmer is no longer considered to be … employed or in the labor force. This paper analyzes the implications of the revised standards on measures of employment in Sub …

Using firm-level data for Georgia, the paper estimates the quasi-elasticity of employment and wages with respect to the … employment levels and average wages by gender and consider whether export destination or the competiveness of economies matters … improves female employment but reduces overall average wages and female wages. Increasing exports to the European Union as well …