Is Automation Labor-Displacing in the Developing Countries, Too? Robots, Polarization, and Jobs

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Is Automation Labor-Displacing in the Developing Countries, Too? Robots, Polarization, and Jobs

dc.contributor.author	Molina, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Maloney, William F.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-06T22:26:54Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-06T22:26:54Z
dc.date.issued	2019-07-25
dc.description.abstract	This paper uses global census data to examine whether the labor market polarization and labor-displacing automation documented in the advanced countries appears in the developing world. While confirming both effects for the former, it finds little evidence for either in developing countries. In particular,the critical category corresponding to manufacturing worker, operators and assemblers has increased in absolute terms and as a share of the labor force. The paper then uses data on robot usage to explore its impact on the relative employment evolution in each sample controlling for Chinese import penetration. Trade competition appears largely irrelevant in both cases. Robots, however, are displacing in the advanced countries, explaining 25-50 percent of the job loss in manufacturing. However, they likely crowd in operators and assemblers in developing countries. This is likely due to off-shoring that combines robots with new operators in FDI destination countries which may, for the present, offset any displacement effect. Some evidence is found, however, for incipient polarization in Mexico and Brazil.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936911581022089414/Is-Automation-Labor-Displacing-in-the-Developing-Countries-Too-Robots-Polarization-and-Jobs
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/33301
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/33301
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	ROBOTICS
dc.subject	AUTOMATION
dc.subject	ROBOTS
dc.subject	TRADE COMPETITION
dc.subject	EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	LABOR DISPLACEMENT
dc.title	Is Automation Labor-Displacing in the Developing Countries, Too? Robots, Polarization, and Jobs	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
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okr.crossref.title	Is Automation Labor-Displacing in the Developing Countries, Too? Robots, Polarization, and Jobs
okr.date.disclosure	2020-02-06
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936911581022089414/Is-Automation-Labor-Displacing-in-the-Developing-Countries-Too-Robots-Polarization-and-Jobs
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okr.topic	Industry::Industrial Economics
okr.topic	Science and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Global Practice
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