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Title: On the Welfare Implications of Automation

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This paper establishes that the rise in the income share of information and communication technology accounts for half of the decline in labor income share in the United States. This decline can be decomposed into a sharp decline in the income share of “routine” labor—which is relatively more prone to automation—and a milder rise in the non-routine share. Quantitatively, this decomposition suggests large effects of information and communication technology on the income distribution within labor, but only . . .

Url: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/273551468178456630/pdf/WPS7487.pdf

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Authors: Gaggl, Paul; Eden, Maya

Series Title: Policy Research Working Paper

Publication Number: 7487

Institution: World Bank Group

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Other, Poverty and Welfare

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