The Risk of Automation in Latin America

Autores
Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés Manuel; Falcone, Guillermo; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Lombardo, Carlo
Año de publicación
2021
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inglés
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In this paper we characterize workers’ vulnerability to automation in the near future in the six largest Latin American economies as a function of the exposure to routinization of the tasks that they perform and the potential automation of their occupation. We combine (i) indicators of potential automatability by occupation and (ii) worker’s information on occupation and other labor variables. We find that the ongoing process of automation is likely to significantly affect the structure of employment. In particular, unskilled and semi-skilled workers are likely to bear a disproportionate share of the adjustment costs. Automation will probably be a more dangerous threat for equality than for overall employment.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
Jobs
Employment
Income distribution
Automation
Routinization
Latin America
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Risk of Automation in Latin America
title The Risk of Automation in Latin America
spellingShingle The Risk of Automation in Latin America
Brambilla, Irene
Ciencias Económicas
Jobs
Employment
Income distribution
Automation
Routinization
Latin America
title_short The Risk of Automation in Latin America
title_full The Risk of Automation in Latin America
title_fullStr The Risk of Automation in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed The Risk of Automation in Latin America
title_sort The Risk of Automation in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brambilla, Irene
César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Lombardo, Carlo
author Brambilla, Irene
author_facet Brambilla, Irene
César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Lombardo, Carlo
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author2 César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Lombardo, Carlo
author2_role author
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Jobs
Employment
Income distribution
Automation
Routinization
Latin America
topic Ciencias Económicas
Jobs
Employment
Income distribution
Automation
Routinization
Latin America
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this paper we characterize workers’ vulnerability to automation in the near future in the six largest Latin American economies as a function of the exposure to routinization of the tasks that they perform and the potential automation of their occupation. We combine (i) indicators of potential automatability by occupation and (ii) worker’s information on occupation and other labor variables. We find that the ongoing process of automation is likely to significantly affect the structure of employment. In particular, unskilled and semi-skilled workers are likely to bear a disproportionate share of the adjustment costs. Automation will probably be a more dangerous threat for equality than for overall employment.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
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