Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation
In this essay, I begin by identifying the reasons that automation has not wiped out a majority of jobs over the decades and centuries. Automation does indeed substitute for labor—as it is typically intended to do. However, automation also complements labor, raises output in ways that leads to higher...
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American Economic Association (AEA)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109476 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-9381 |