changes in particular, automation that displaces workers from tasks they used to perform, and the creation of new tasks that … that automation: (i) powerfully impacts inequality; (ii) can reduce real wages; and (iii) can generate realistic changes in …-level estimates of displacement driven by automation and reinstatement due to new tasks, we show that displacement is associated with …

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 …

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 …

computerization and automation, have been characterized as "routine-substituting." They have reduced the demand for routine tasks, but …

evaluate the global consequences of automation. Automation, modeled as capital- and high-skill biased technological change, is … a range of foundational models of automation. In our baseline scenario, automation has a moderate effect on regional … of the advanced technology and providing universal basic income to share gains from automation. The former policy can …

by the relative wage declines of worker groups specialized in routine tasks in industries experiencing rapid automation … capital. Automation technologies expand the set of tasks performed by capital, displacing certain worker groups from … between 1980 and 2016. Our task displacement variable captures the effects of automation technologies (and to a lesser degree …

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 …