Rise of the Machines: The Effects of Labor-Saving Innovations on Jobs and Wages
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- Feng, Andy & Graetz, Georg, 2015. "Rise of the Machines: The Effects of Labor-Saving Innovations on Jobs and Wages," IZA Discussion Papers 8836, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Feng, Andy & Graetz, Georg, 2015. "Rise of the machines: the effects of labor-saving innovations on jobs and wages," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 61028, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Graetz, Georg & Feng, Andy, 2014. "Rise of the Machines: The Effects of Labor-Saving Innovations on Jobs and Wages," VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy 100401, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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Keywords
Automation; job polarization; technical change; wage inequality; training;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
- 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
- M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2015-02-22 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2015-02-22 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-MAC-2015-02-22 (Macroeconomics)
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