We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular … older to middle-aged workers—is associated with greater adoption of robots and other automation technologies across … development of automation technologies in countries undergoing greater demographic change. Our directed technological change model …

We summarize a framework for the study of the implications of automation and AI on the demand for labor, wages, and … employment. Our task-based framework emphasizes the displacement effect that automation creates as machines and AI replace labor … counteracted by a productivity effect, resulting from the cost savings generated by automation, which increase the demand for labor …

COVID-19 may accelerate the automation of jobs, as employers invest in technology to adapt the production process to … safeguard against current and potential future pandemics. We identify occupations that have high automation potential and also …

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 …

on robots and trade, the magnitude of these taxes may decrease as the process of automation and globalization deepens and …

harmonized cross-country and industry data, where we measure automation as industry-level movements in total factor productivity … (TFP) that are common across countries. We find that automation displaces employment and reduces labor's share of value …

automation further compound the challenge of job creation, which is already quite sizable in historical perspective. Failure to …

created. In a static version where capital is fixed and technology is exogenous, automation reduces employment and the labor … capital accumulation and the direction of research towards automation and the creation of new tasks. If the long-run rental … rate of capital relative to the wage is sufficiently low, the long-run equilibrium involves automation of all tasks …