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Is Automation Labor-Displacing in the Developing Countries, Too? Robots, Polarization, and Jobs

This paper uses global census data to examine whether the labor market polarization and labor-displacing automation documented in the advanced countries appears in the developing world. While confirming both effects for the former, it finds little evidence for either in developing countries. In part...

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Main Authors: Maloney, William F., Molina, Carlos
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
LABOR MARKET
ROBOTICS
AUTOMATION
ROBOTS
TRADE COMPETITION
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
LABOR DISPLACEMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936911581022089414/Is-Automation-Labor-Displacing-in-the-Developing-Countries-Too-Robots-Polarization-and-Jobs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33301

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936911581022089414/Is-Automation-Labor-Displacing-in-the-Developing-Countries-Too-Robots-Polarization-and-Jobs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33301

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