Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality
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- Daron Acemoglu & Pascual Restrepo, 2021. "Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in US Wage Inequality," NBER Working Papers 28920, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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