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Numeric Control machines have increased the risk of technology-induced displacement of labour in the garment sector. This …Robotics has been redefining the production process across manufacturing industries, raising serious concern about the … future of jobs and the garment sector is not isolated. The recent innovations such as "Sewbot" along with other Computer …
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-oriented garment manufacturing sector of Myanmar. The paper argues that global developments driven by the World Trade Organisation have … stimulated foreign capital inflows into Myanmar in export-oriented labour-intensive industries such as garment manufacturing … improvements in working conditions of garment workers in Myanmar …
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Migration has long been considered one of the key mechanisms through which labor markets adjust to economic shocks. In this paper, we analyze the migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the late 1990s - Chinese import competition...
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The present technological revolution, characterized by the pervasive and growing presence of robots, automation, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, is going to transform societies and economic systems. However, this is not the first technological revolution humankind has been facing,...
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The impact of robots on employment and trade is a highly discussed topic in the academic and public debates. Particularly, there are concerns that automation may threat jobs in emerging countries given the erosion of the labour cost advantage. We provide evidence on the effects of robots on...
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countries and with more robotics-related activities across US commuting zones. We also provide evidence of more rapid … further predicts that the induced adoption of automation technology should be more pronounced in industries that rely more on … aging are ambiguous when technology responds to demographic change, but we should expect productivity to increase and labor …
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After a number of AI-winters, AI is back with a boom. There are concerns that it will disrupt society. The immediate concern is whether labor can win a 'race against the robots' and the longer-term concern is whether an artificial general intelligence (super-intelligence) can be controlled. This...
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The impact of robots on employment and trade is a highly discussed topic in the academic And public debates. Particularly, there are concerns that automation may threat jobs in emerging countries given the erosion of the labour cost advantage. We provide evidence on the effects of robots on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175271
We estimate the effects of robot adoption on firm-level and worker-level outcomes in the Netherlands using a large employer-employee panel dataset spanning 2009-2020. Our firm-level results confirm previous findings, with positive effects on value added and hours worked for robot-adopting firms...
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