How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate … complexity and its training requirements. When two tasks are equally complex, firms will automate the task that requires more … training and in which labor is hence more expensive. Under quite general conditions this leads to job polarization, a decline …

How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate … complexity and its training requirements. When two tasks are equally complex, firms will automate the task that requires more … training and in which labor is hence more expensive. Under quite general conditions this leads to job polarization, a decline …

polarization resulted from increased automation, and provide a theoretical explanation. In our model, firms deciding whether to … engineering sense) of the task, against the cost of employing workers, which is increasing in training time required by the task …. Insights from artificial intelligence and robotics suggest that some tasks do not require training regardless of complexity …

COVID-19 has exacerbated concerns about the rise of the robots and other automation technologies. This paper analyzes …

been proposed, i.e. the influence of routine-based technological change and the offshorability and automation of jobs. The …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanisms underlying the relationship between automation and labor … realize the tasks necessary for the production process. The two scenarios considered, with and without automation, confirm … that automation is indeed a key factor in polarizing the structure of skill demand and increasing wage inequality. This …

We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either … capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of … intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior automation arises when the most skilled workers have a comparative …

This paper studies the effects of automation in economies with labor market distortions that generate worker rents …--wages above opportunity cost--in some jobs. We show that automation targets high-rent tasks, dissipating rents and amplifying wage … losses from automation. It also reduces within-group wage dispersion for exposed groups. Automation-driven rent dissipation …

We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either … capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of … intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior automation arises when the most skilled workers have a comparative …