Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality
<jats:p>We document that between 50% and 70% of changes in the U.S. wage structure over the last four decades are accounted for by relative wage declines of worker groups specialized in routine tasks in industries experiencing rapid automation. We develop a conceptual framework where tasks acr...
Main Authors: | Acemoglu, Daron, Restrepo, Pascual |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics |
Format: | Article |
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The Econometric Society
2022
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/146052 |
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