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Local shocks and internal migration: the disparate effects of robots and Chinese imports in the US
Faber, Marius; Sarto, Andrés; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
Migration has long been considered one of the key mechanisms through which labor markets adjust to economic shocks. In this paper, we analyze the migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the late 1990s - Chinese import competition...
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Testing the employment impact of automation, robots and AI : a survey and some methodological issues
Barbieri, Laura; Mussida, Chiara; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2019
The present technological revolution, characterized by the pervasive and growing presence of robots, automation, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, is going to transform societies and economic systems. However, this is not the first technological revolution humankind has been facing,...
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Robots worldwide : the impact of automation on employment and trade
Carbonero, Francesco; Ernst, Ekkehard; Weber, Enzo - 2020
The impact of robots on employment and trade is a highly discussed topic in the academic and public debates. Particularly, there are concerns that automation may threat jobs in emerging countries given the erosion of the labour cost advantage. We provide evidence on the effects of robots on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431525
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Robots worldwide: the impact of automation on employment and trade
Carbonero, Francesco; Ernst, Ekkehard; Weber, Enzo - 2020
The impact of robots on employment and trade is a highly discussed topic in the academic And public debates. Particularly, there are concerns that automation may threat jobs in emerging countries given the erosion of the labour cost advantage. We provide evidence on the effects of robots on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175271
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Automation and employment over the technology life cycle : evidence from European regions
Jaccoud, Florencia; Petit, Fabien; Ciarli, Tommaso; … - 2024
effects within phases of the technology life cycle. We also find that the negative impact of ICT investment on employment is … driven by the phase of the cycle when investment decelerates (and the technology is more mature). The phases of the … technology life cycles are more relevant than differences in regions' structural characteristics, such as productivity and sector …
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Will robot replace workers? : assessing the impact of robots on employment and wages with meta-analysis
Guarascio, Dario; Piccirillo, Alessandro; Reljic, Jelena - 2024
This study conducts a meta-analysis to assess the effects of robotization on employment and wages, compiling data from 33 studies with 644 estimates on employment and a subset of 19 studies with 195 estimates on wages. We identify a publication bias towards negative outcomes, especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470275
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Will robot replace workers? : assessing the impact of robots on employment and wages with meta-analysis
Guarascio, Dario; Piccirillo, Alessandro; Reljic, Jelena - 2024
This study conducts a meta-analysis to assess the effects of robotization on employment and wages, compiling data from 33 studies with 644 estimates on employment and a subset of 19 studies with 195 estimates on wages. We identify a publication bias towards negative outcomes, especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481164
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The risk of automation in Argentina
Gasparini, Leonardo; Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés; … - 2020
In this paper we characterize workers' vulnerability to automation in the near future in Argentina as a function of the exposure to routinization of the tasks that they perform and the potential automation of their occupation. In order to do that we combine (i) indicators of potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876034
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Routinization and employment: Evidence for Latin America
Gasparini, Leonardo; Lombardo, Carlo; Brambilla, Irene; … - 2021
We study changes in employment by occupations characterized by different degree of exposure to routinization in the six largest Latin American economies over the last two decades. We combine our own indicators of routine task content based on information from the Programme for the International...
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Automatización y pandemia: Amenazas sobre el empleo en América Latina
Bonavida, Cristian; Brambilla, Irene; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2021
We study the risk of automation, the unfeasibility of teleworking and the risk of contagion due to physical proximity in the six largest economies in Latin America. We find that workers with low education, informal, and low-wage levels are the most exposed to this type of risk. Automation and...
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