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This paper examines the structure of the labour market and unemployment in Sudan. One advantage of our analysis is that … unemployment based on Sudan Central Bureau of Statistics 2010 the Fifth Sudan Population and Housing Census 2008. We explain …, participation rates, economic activities, low skill level and high unemployment rate defined by gender and mode of living in Sudan …
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This paper looks to uncover the growth traps and opportunities for the South African economy, with a focus on underlying labour market dynamics. We explore the potential of South Africa’s demographic dividend. We also consider the structure of the labour market and the growth-employment...
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The adoption of industrial automated technology in the US is associated with a decrease in wages, stronger for men than for women. This paper investigates how this affects households' allocation of time by constructing a measure of labor markets' exposure to industrial robots. Higher exposure is...
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In der öffentlichen Debatte werden vor dem Hintergrund von Studien zur Automatisierbarkeit von Berufen immer wieder Stimmen laut, dass Industrie 4.0 und Digitalisierung massive Jobverluste nach sich ziehen könnten. Der lange Weg von der Entwicklung neuer Technologien in die betriebliche Praxis...
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Job training is widely regarded as crucial for protecting workers from automation, yet there is a lack of empirical … countries, we construct an individual-level measure of automation risk based on tasks performed at work. Our analysis reveals … substantial within-occupation variation in automation risk, overlooked by existing occupation-level measures. To assess whether …
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Job training is widely regarded as crucial for protecting workers from automation, yet there is a lack of empirical … countries, we construct an individual-level measure of automation risk based on tasks performed at work. Our analysis reveals … substantial within-occupation variation in automation risk, overlooked by existing occupation-level measures. To assess whether …
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Job training is widely regarded as crucial for protecting workers from automation, yet there is a lack of empirical … countries, we construct an individual-level measure of automation risk based on tasks performed at work. Our analysis reveals … substantial within-occupation variation in automation risk, overlooked by existing occupation-level measures. To assess whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015168457
We present a framework for understanding the effects of automation and other types of technological changes on labor … allocation of tasks to capital and labor - the task content of production. Automation, which enables capital to replace labor in … a result, automation always reduces the labor share in value added and may reduce labor demand even as it raises …
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To understand the effects of automation and other types of technological changes on European labor demand, we use a … factors of production. Automation, by creating a displacement effect, shifts the task content of production against labor …
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This paper investigates several channels through which automation affects an emerging economy. Building on a Ricardian …, it is shown that domestic and foreign automation have differential effects on labor markets. Based on this model, the … impact of automation on local labor markets in Brazil are estimated using a shift-share approach. Local labor market …
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