period marked by the rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more … input to the EUROMOD microsimulation model, we find that automation had minor effects on income inequality. Household labour … income diversification and tax and welfare policies largely absorbed labour market shocks caused by automation. Transfers …

period of rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more exposed … microsimulation model, we find that automation had minor effects on income inequality. Household labour income diversification and tax … and welfare policies largely absorbed labour market shocks caused by automation. Transfers played a key role in cushioning …

technological change that automates or augments workers’ job tasks and their participation in work-related training. We find that 58 …-21 period. Of those exposed to new digital technology, 14 per cent did not experience any change in job tasks, 10 per cent … reported that new tasks had been created while 5 per cent only saw some of their tasks being displaced by new technology. The …