The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets

Autores
Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés Manuel; Falcone, Guillermo; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Año de publicación
2023
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We study the effect of robots on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the major robot users in Latin America, during the period 2004-2016. We exploit spatial and time variations in exposure to robots arising from initial differences in industry specialization across geographic locations and the evolution of robot adoption across industries, to estimate a causal effect of robots on local labor market outcomes. We find that district’s exposure to robots causes a relative deterioration in labor market indicators such us unemployment and labor informality. We document that robots mainly replace formal salaried jobs, affecting young and semi-skilled workers to a greater extent, and that informal employment acts as a buffer that prevents a larger increase in unemployment.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
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Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
title The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
spellingShingle The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
Brambilla, Irene
Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
title_short The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
title_full The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
title_fullStr The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
title_full_unstemmed The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
title_sort The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brambilla, Irene
César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author Brambilla, Irene
author_facet Brambilla, Irene
César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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author2 César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
topic Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We study the effect of robots on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the major robot users in Latin America, during the period 2004-2016. We exploit spatial and time variations in exposure to robots arising from initial differences in industry specialization across geographic locations and the evolution of robot adoption across industries, to estimate a causal effect of robots on local labor market outcomes. We find that district’s exposure to robots causes a relative deterioration in labor market indicators such us unemployment and labor informality. We document that robots mainly replace formal salaried jobs, affecting young and semi-skilled workers to a greater extent, and that informal employment acts as a buffer that prevents a larger increase in unemployment.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
description We study the effect of robots on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the major robot users in Latin America, during the period 2004-2016. We exploit spatial and time variations in exposure to robots arising from initial differences in industry specialization across geographic locations and the evolution of robot adoption across industries, to estimate a causal effect of robots on local labor market outcomes. We find that district’s exposure to robots causes a relative deterioration in labor market indicators such us unemployment and labor informality. We document that robots mainly replace formal salaried jobs, affecting young and semi-skilled workers to a greater extent, and that informal employment acts as a buffer that prevents a larger increase in unemployment.
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