Dealing with technological change: Social policy preferences and institutional context

MR Busemeyer, T Tober - Comparative Political Studies, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
How does technological change affect social policy preferences across different institutional
contexts? In this paper, we argue that individuals who perceive high levels of technology …

Twisting the demand curve: Digitalization and the older workforce

E Barth, JC Davis, RB Freeman, K McElheran - Journal of Econometrics, 2023 - Elsevier
Software represents a major and fast-growing share of firms' capital investment, impacting
demand for labor and what workers do on their jobs. Using US Census Bureau panel data …

Coevolution of job automation risk and workplace governance

F Belloc, G Burdin, L Cattani, W Ellis, F Landini - Research Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the interplay between the allocation of authority within firms and
workers' exposure to automation risk. We propose an evolutionary model to study the …

Occupation growth, skill prices, and wage inequality

MJ Böhm, HM von Gaudecker… - Journal of Labor …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
We study the relationship among occupational employment, occupational wages, and wage
inequality. In all occupations, entrants and leavers earn less than stayers, suggesting …

The impact of digital transformation on enterprise performance: An empirical analysis based on China's manufacturing export enterprises

Y Wang, T Wang, Q Wang - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Currently, countries worldwide are embracing digital strategies, enabling enterprises to
utilize digital technology, digital supply chains, blockchain, and additional digital measures …

Individual consequences of occupational decline

PA Edin, T Evans, G Graetz, S Hernnäs… - The Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We assess the career earnings losses that individual Swedish workers suffered when their
occupations' employment declined. High-quality data allow us to overcome sorting into …

What workers and robots do: An activity-based analysis of the impact of robotization on changes in local employment

M Caselli, A Fracasso, S Scicchitano, S Traverso… - Research Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
This work investigates the impact that changes in the local exposure to robots had on
changes in Italian employment over the period 2011–2018. It contributes to the debate by …

The reassuring effect of firms' technological innovations on workers' job insecurity

M Caselli, A Fracasso, A Marcolin… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This work analyses how the adoption of technological innovations correlates with
workers' perceived levels of job insecurity, and what factors moderate such relationship …

The effect of centrally bargained wages on firm growth

E Bustos - 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
I study how firms adapt to exogenous changes in labor costs induced by collective
bargaining agreements. I use data on collective bargaining agreements in Sweden and …

Institutions, holdup, and automation

G Presidente - Industrial and Corporate Change, 2023 - academic.oup.com
What drives investment in automation technologies? This paper documents a positive
relationship between labor-friendly institutions and investment in industrial robots in a …