long time. In fact, these automation technologies arguably had their biggest employment impact generations ago, partially … explaining changes in employment structures in agricultural and manufacturing sectors that go back to the Industrial Revolution …. Thus, the potential employment effects of current robot technology are a priori limited. …

The paper asks whether trade can help to achieve the employment targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus … is on Goal 8, which is to "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment, and … decent work for all." The theoretical and empirical links between trade and employment are examined to suggest whether trade …

of robot adoption on employment in Europe. Combining industry-level data on employment by skill-type with data on robot … employment. Contrary to some previous studies, we do not find evidence of robots reducing the share of low-skill workers across …

This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …

We study changes in employment by occupations characterized by different degree of exposure to routinization in the six … harmonized national household surveys. We find that the increase in jobs was decreasing in the automatability of the tasks …

To improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers, we need to create more coherent and effective … with education and training more clearly targeted towards firms and sectors providing good-paying jobs. This paper proposes … several times larger than their costs, and would therefore lead to higher earnings and lower unemployment rates among the …