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Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?

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dc.contributor.authorMolina, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorMaloney, William F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-05T22:50:36Z
dc.date.available2017-01-05T22:50:36Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.description.abstractThe automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high-income countries. This paper first offers several explanations for why developing countries might show differing dynamics, at least for the present. Census data then confirms this, showing on average no evidence of polarization in developing countries. However, incipient polarization in a few countries as well as major drives to automate in some large, labor intensive producers suggests this may not remain the case. This raises concerns first about the impact on equity within those countries, but second the possibility that the traditional flying geese pattern" -- whereby low skilled jobs are progressively off-shored to poorer and poorer countries -- may be short circuited.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/869281482170996446/Are-automation-and-trade-polarizing-developing-country-labor-markets-too
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7922
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25821
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7922
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectlabor markets
dc.subjectpolarization
dc.subjectautomation
dc.subjectglobalization
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.titleAre Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?en
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okr.crossref.titleAre Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7922
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okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicIndustry::Industrial Economics
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Globalization and Financial Integration
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Technology and Productivity
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Labor
okr.unitEquitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Global Practice Group
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