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 …

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 …

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 …

employment. This new analysis was possible by applying the growth decomposition tool to new data disaggregated by sectors of the … economy and new data on constraints to productivity and employment growth generated by the three enterprise surveys conducted …

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 …

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 …

Individual-level employment data have a wide range of applications. They are used to monitor labor markets and the … design issues behind the collection of individual-level employment data in nationally representative household surveys and … captured in the reviewed surveys. Third, it takes stock of current approaches to collect employment data and discusses critical …

This paper presents a new dataset of comparable employment indicators for South Asian countries, constructed from more … dataset is illustrated by conducting a rigorous assessment of employment characteristics, of changes in employment over time …, and of the short- and long-run relationship between economic growth and employment growth in South Asia. The exercise …