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The Economics of Babysitting a Robot
Alekseev, Aleksandr - 2020
I study the welfare effect of automation on workers in a setting where technology is complementary but imperfect. Using a modified task-based framework, I argue that imperfect complementary automation can impose non-pecuniary costs on workers via a behavioral channel. The theoretical model...
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Optimal taxation of robots
Thuemmel, Uwe - 2018
complement non-routine labor. I show that while it is optimal to distort robot adoption, robots may be either taxed or subsidized …. The robot tax exploits general-equilibrium effects to compress the wage distribution. Wage compression reduces income …-tax distortions of labor supply, thereby raising welfare. In the calibrated model, the optimal robot tax for the US is positive and …
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Robots and the origin of their labour-saving impact
Montobbio, Fabio; Staccioli, Jacopo; Virgillito, Maria … - 2020
This paper investigates the presence of explicit labour-saving heuristics within robotic patents. It analyses innovative actors engaged in robotic technology and their economic environment (identity, location, industry), and identifies the technological fields particularly exposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159987
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Robots and the origin of their labour-saving impact
Montobbio, Fabio; Staccioli, Jacopo; Virgillito, Maria … - 2020
This paper investigates the presence of explicit labour-saving heuristics within robotic patents. It analyses innovative actors engaged in robotic technology and their economic environment (identity, location, industry), and identifies the technological fields particularly exposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161488
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Robots and the origin of their labour-saving impact
Montobbio, Fabio; Staccioli, Jacopo; Virgillito, Maria … - 2020
This paper investigates the presence of explicit labour-saving heuristics within robotic patents. It analyses innovative actors engaged in robotic technology and their economic environment (identity, location, industry), and identifies the technological fields particularly exposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171172
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The measurement of labour content : a general approach
Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013
This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content in the context of general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical...
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Robotizing to compete? : firm-level evidence
Bastos, Paulo; Flach, Lisandra; Keller, Klaus - 2023
We investigate the impact of product market competition on firms’ automation investments. We use a rich combination of micro-data on Portuguese exporters and exploit a novel source of variation in the degree of competition they face – a tariff liberalization between the European Union and...
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The measurement of labour content : a general approach
Yoshihara, Naoki; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013
This paper analyses the theoretical issues related to the measurement of labour content in the context of general technologies with heterogeneous labour. A novel axiomatic framework is used in order to formulate the key properties of the notion of labour content and analyse its theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753329
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How Does Technical Change Affect Worker Productivity in a Multiple-Task Environment?
Nakamura, Hideki - 2021
This study investigates worker productivity in a multiple-task environment. We consider workers with the same education level while their suitability patterns for tasks differ. Under no change in tasks for which they are responsible for, there is no difference in their productivity. If...
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The adoption of ChatGPT
Humlum, Anders; Vestergaard, Emilie - 2024
We study the adoption of ChatGPT, the icon of Generative AI, using a large-scale survey experiment linked to comprehensive register data in Denmark. Surveying 100,000 workers from 11 exposed occupations, we document ChatGPT is pervasive: half of workers have used it, with younger, less...
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