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We examine how the rapid growth in imports of manufactured goods from China affected industry-level employment in … manufacturing employment of between 89,900 and 209,800 workers – accounting for 8.5 to 19.8 per cent of manufacturing employment in …
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the industry's share of tasks replaceable by robots-to identify the impact of robot usage on employment. The data allow us … to differentiate effects by the routine intensity of employment. We find that a rise in robot adoption relates … significantly to a fall in the employment share of routine manual task-intensive jobs. This relation is observed in high …
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This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
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This paper considers the effects of union-bargained minimum wages on transitions into and out of employment in the … non-negligible employment effects (except for teenagers during 1993-98). The evidence regarding decreasing minimum wages …
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and changes in employment. The levels of digitalization and routineness of occupations in 796 5-digit ISCO professional … showing the best employment performances (although this holds only in manufacturing sector). Both the descriptive and … econometric evidences show a negative employment dynamics among professions combining high level of digitalization and routineness. …
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between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making …
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investigated in the US, UK, and some European countries. This paper shows the changes in the employment structure in all EU …
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firms. These results suggest a net positive employment impact of automation, at least in the short run. The findings differ …
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This paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is …, the link between innovation and employment is more ambiguous. R&D targeted towards product innovation has been typically … associated with employment growth. Process innovations may have a positive effect, but also have the potential to reduce the …
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We study the effect of minimum wage increases on employment in automatable jobs - jobs in which employers may find it … share of automatable employment held by low-skilled workers, and increases the likelihood that low-skilled workers in … ignored in the minimum wage literature are in fact quite vulnerable to employment changes and job loss because of automation …
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