Automation or globalization? The impacts of robots and Chinese imports on jobs in the United Kingdom

In this paper, we examine how robot adoption and Chinese import competition shaped employment patterns in 352 cities across the United Kingdom. We find that cities whose initial industry composition exposed them to industrial robots and China’s integration into the world economy experienced signific...

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Autores principales: Chen, C, Frey, CB, Presidente, G
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022