automation used in the industry, the work of I.T. professionals is significantly impacted by the tools they build. Paying heed to …

This paper examines the labor market implications of investment in automation over the life cycle of ICT and robot … these automation technologies and identify the phases of acceleration and deceleration in investment. We then examine how … exposure to these automation technologies affects employment and wages across these different phases of their life cycle. We …

During the Second Industrial Revolution, in the late nineteenth century, the proliferation of automation technologies … growing occupations affected by automation technologies. …

We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either … capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of … intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior automation arises when the most skilled workers have a comparative …