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| Titre : | Partial automation and the technology-enabled deskilling of routine jobs (2021) |
| Auteurs : | Mitch Downey |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 69, April 2021) |
| Article en page(s) : | Article 101973 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ MUTATION TECHNOLOGIQUE ; AUTOMATISATION ; CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ; SALAIRE ; SALAIRE MINIMUM ; COUT DE LA MAIN D'OEUVRE ; BNQ - BAS NIVEAU DE QUALIFICATION ; COMPETENCE ; ECONOMETRIE ; MODELISATION ; ETATS UNIS |
| Résumé : | Evidence shows technology automates middle-wage occupations’ routine tasks. I argue technology only partially automates these, simplifying them so that they can be performed by less-skilled workers. Thus, post-automation costs include technology and low-wage workers to use it. The minimum wage raises these costs, lowering the profitability of automation and slowing the adoption of routine-replacing technologies. I test this claim using new cross-state variation in the minimum wage (induced by state price differences) and new cross-industry variation in the importance of low-skilled labor for technology (measuring using the Current Population Survey Computer Use Supplement and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles). Because low-skilled workers are needed alongside technology, I show that a low minimum wage increases the automation of routine jobs. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101973 |
