of how automation and artificial intelligence could reshape society and the economy. However, technological shifts in …

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 … automation pushes workers into tasks at the lower and upper ends of the task distribution. It also monotonically increases the …

period marked by the rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more … input to the EUROMOD microsimulation model, we find that automation had minor effects on income inequality. Household labour … income diversification and tax and welfare policies largely absorbed labour market shocks caused by automation. Transfers …

period of rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more exposed … microsimulation model, we find that automation had minor effects on income inequality. Household labour income diversification and tax … and welfare policies largely absorbed labour market shocks caused by automation. Transfers played a key role in cushioning …

and service-oriented tasks across all workers, but exacerbates health inequality between cognitive and manual workers …

and service-oriented tasks across all workers, but exacerbates health inequality between cognitive and manual workers …