), Chinese import competition and automation to study the drivers of this labor market polarization. Using value added trade data … their exposure to automation. GVCs lead to an increase in the employment share of relatively high-wage occupations (which we … but to a lesser extent than automation …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing together with automation and robotics technologies which are at … worldwide. Multiple industries are introducing automation to drive their efficiency, profitability, protection, and … competitiveness, ranging from banking to manufacturing. Therefore, in a super dynamic ecosystem, automation is here to support …

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 …