FBK-IRVAPP is pleased to invite you to the following seminar: Automation and Income Inequality in Europe .
With the participation of Piotr Lewandowski (IBS). Joint with: Karina Doorley (ESRI, TCD, IZA), Jan Gromadzki (WU Vienna, IZA, IBS), Dora Tuda (ESRI, TCD), Philippe Van Kerm (LISER, University of Luxembourg)
The seminar is held in English. Abstract We study the effects of robot penetration on household income inequality in 14 European countries between 2006–2018, a period marked by the rapid adoption of industrial robots. We establish that, similarly to the U.S., automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more exposed demographic […]
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