partial or full automation in their operations were more likely to hire more workers than fewer relative to their counterpart … firms. These results suggest a net positive employment impact of automation, at least in the short run. The findings differ … service industry have a higher likelihood of net job losses as they adopt partial or full automation. Indeed, there is an …

We provide comprehensive evidence on the consequences of automation and offshoreability on the career of unemployed … automation is reducing the job finding probability; a problem which has increased over the past years. We show that this … between quantity and quality in these jobs. Provided training is beneficial in counteracting the negative impact of automation …

differentiated by country income group. Finally, we examine how accelerated automation could affect job creation needs over the … target levels of 8 percent for youth and 4 percent for adults, and automation combine to require the creation of …

fertility trends increase the size of minority populations. New forms of automation will likely require workers to adapt to keep …

differentiated by country income group. Finally, we examine how accelerated automation could affect job creation needs over the … target levels of 8 percent for youth and 4 percent for adults, and automation combine to require the creation of …

Rapid developments in automation technology pose a risk of mass displacement of human labour, resulting in the need to … support and retrain displaced workers (a negative externality). We propose an “automation tax” that would slow the adoption of … automation technology in appropriate circumstances, giving workers and social support systems time to adapt. This could be easily …