This paper investigates several channels through which automation affects an emerging economy. Building on a Ricardian …, it is shown that domestic and foreign automation have differential effects on labor markets. Based on this model, the … impact of automation on local labor markets in Brazil are estimated using a shift-share approach. Local labor market …

result of productivity growth (assumed to reflect automation) and are part of a long-term trend. Since the 1980s, however … capture many factors besides automation, and cautions against using descriptive evidence to draw causal inferences. It also … employment in the 2000s, but finds little evidence of a causal link to automation. …