This study examines the association between investments in automation technologies and employment outcomes at the firm … labor contracts introduced by labor market reforms in the 2000s, we identify a positive relationship between automation … as evidence of complementarity between flexible capital, represented by automation technologies, and flexible labor …

We introduce automation into the standard Solovian model of capital accumulation and show that (i) there is the … diverted to automation that maximizes the long-run growth rate of the economy; (iv) the labor share declines with automation to …

ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure exposure to automation both at the regional level, based on the ex …

To rationalize a substantial income share of labor despite progressive task automation over the centuries, we present a … sophistication. Automation of more sophisticated goods requires capital of increasing quality. Quality capital remains scarce along …

developments, some argue that large shares of jobs are "at risk of automation", spurring public fears of massive job-losses and …. First, the chapter discusses estimates of automation potentials, showing that many estimates are severely upward biased …

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 …