This paper uses global census data to examine whether the labor market polarization and labor-displacing automation …

This paper provides novel evidence on the economic impact of industrial automation in a large developing economy. It … extend the benefits of automation to non-adopting plants. The spillover effects may provide a rationale to incentivize … manufacturing firms to adopt industrial robots. The results also suggest that the gains from automation are not equally shared …

The automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high …