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Working Papers

2024

1. Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
2. Tasks At Work: Comparative Advantage, Technology and Labor Demand
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2023

3. Automation: Theory, Evidence, and Outlook
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Automation: Theory, Evidence, and Outlook, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2024) View citations (3) (2024)
4. Not a Typical Firm:Capital-Labor Substitution and Firms' Labor Shares
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

2022

5. Artificial intelligence and jobs: evidence from online vacancies
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (89)
   See also Journal Article Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (175) (2022)
6. Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2022) View citations (13)
   See also Chapter Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (4) (2024)
7. Optimal Gradualism
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

8. Not a Typical Firm: The Joint Dynamics of Firms, Labor Shares, and Capital–Labor Substitution
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
9. Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in US Wage Inequality
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2022) View citations (104) (2022)
10. Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
    Also in Bank of England working papers, Bank of England (2021) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2022) View citations (41) (2022)

2020

11. AI and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2020) View citations (33)
12. Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (166)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2020) View citations (62)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2020) View citations (194)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (165)
    See also Journal Article Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (208) (2020)
13. Does the US Tax Code Favor Automation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Does the US Tax Code Favor Automation?, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
14. Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (28)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (32) (2020)

2019

15. Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (668)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2019) View citations (673)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (671)
    See also Journal Article Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (672) (2019)
16. Automation and New Tasks: The Implications of the Task Content of Production for Labor Demand
    2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
17. The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (29)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article The wrong kind of AI? Artificial intelligence and the future of labour demand, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2020) View citations (82) (2020)
18. Uneven Growth: Automation’s Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (17)

2018

19. Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (210)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (193)
    See also Chapter Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Work, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (170) (2018)
20. Demographics and Automation
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (74)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article Demographics and Automation, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2022) View citations (102) (2022)
21. Modeling Automation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Modeling Automation, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (31) (2018)
22. Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2020) View citations (39) (2020)

2017

23. Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation, Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (82) (2018)
24. Regulatory Protective Measures and Risky Behavior: Evidence from Ice Hockey
    International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Regulatory protective measures and risky behavior: Evidence from ice hockey, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (14) (2017)
25. Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (402)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2017) View citations (412)
    See also Journal Article Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (939) (2020)
26. Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (215)
    See also Journal Article Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (219) (2017)

2016

27. Democracy Does Cause Growth
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (201)
    See also Journal Article Democracy Does Cause Growth, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (542) (2019)
28. The Race Between Machine and Man: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares and Employment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (138)

2015

29. On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article On the Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Colombia*, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) View citations (12) (2017)

2014

30. Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War - Working Paper 356
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (17)

2013

31. Bushes and Bullets: Illegal Cocaine Markets and Violence in Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (26)
32. Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (81)
33. The Economics of the War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The economics of the war on illegal drug production and trafficking, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (22) (2016)

2011

34. The War on Illegal Drugs in Producer and Consumer Countries: A simple analytical framework
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (6)

2010

35. Crime and Conspicuous Consumption
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Crime and conspicuous consumption, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (11) (2016)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Automation: Theory, Evidence, and Outlook
   Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 1-25 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Automation: Theory, Evidence, and Outlook, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (10) (2023)

2023

2. Advanced Technology Adoption: Selection or Causal Effects?
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 210-14 View citations (8)

2022

3. Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40, (S1), S293 - S340 View citations (175)
   See also Working Paper Artificial intelligence and jobs: evidence from online vacancies, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) View citations (89) (2022)
4. Demographics and Automation
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (1), 1-44 View citations (102)
   See also Working Paper Demographics and Automation, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2018) View citations (74) (2018)
5. Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality
   Econometrica, 2022, 90, (5), 1973-2016 View citations (104)
   See also Working Paper Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in US Wage Inequality, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (22) (2021)
6. Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
   Econometrica, 2022, 90, (6), 2645-2683 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (33) (2021)

2020

7. Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 383-88 View citations (208)
   See also Working Paper Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (166) (2020)
8. Does the US Tax Code Favor Automation?
   Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2020, 51, (1 (Spring)), 231-300 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Does the US Tax Code Favor Automation?, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (23) (2020)
9. Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
   Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, (6), 2188 - 2244 View citations (939)
   See also Working Paper Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (402) (2017)
10. Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102, (2), 269-286 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Scarcity without Leviathan: The Violent Effects of Cocaine Supply Shortages in the Mexican Drug War, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2018) View citations (11) (2018)
11. The wrong kind of AI? Artificial intelligence and the future of labour demand
    Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2020, 13, (1), 25-35 View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (30) (2019)
12. Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 356-61 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2020) View citations (28) (2020)

2019

13. Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (2), 3-30 View citations (672)
    See also Working Paper Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (668) (2019)
14. Democracy Does Cause Growth
    Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (1), 47 - 100 View citations (542)
    See also Working Paper Democracy Does Cause Growth, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2016) View citations (6) (2016)

2018

15. Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation
    Journal of Human Capital, 2018, 12, (2), 204 - 232 View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper Low-Skill and High-Skill Automation, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)
16. Modeling Automation
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 48-53 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Modeling Automation, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (18) (2018)
17. The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
    American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (6), 1488-1542 View citations (992)

2017

18. On the Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Colombia*
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31, (2), 570-594 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (19) (2015)
19. Regulatory protective measures and risky behavior: Evidence from ice hockey
    Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 151, (C), 1-11 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Regulatory Protective Measures and Risky Behavior: Evidence from Ice Hockey, International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU (2017) View citations (14) (2017)
20. Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 174-79 View citations (219)
    See also Working Paper Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (215) (2017)

2016

21. Crime and conspicuous consumption
    Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 135, (C), 1-14 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Crime and Conspicuous Consumption, Documentos CEDE (2010) View citations (4) (2010)
22. The economics of the war on illegal drug production and trafficking
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 126, (PA), 255-275 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper The Economics of the War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking, Documentos CEDE (2013) View citations (7) (2013)

Chapters

2024

1. Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
   A chapter in Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth, 2024 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (13) (2022)

2018

2. Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Work
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, 2018, pp 197-236 View citations (170)
   See also Working Paper Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work, Boston University - Department of Economics (2018) View citations (210) (2018)