When machines replace people: individual consequences of occupational decline

Per-Anders Edin, Tiernan Evans, Georg Graetz, Sofia Hernnäs and Guy Michaels

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Abstract: What happens to people's careers when demand for their occupations declines, often as a result of technological change? Guy Michaels and colleagues' analysis of detailed occupational data on Swedish workers over several decades indicates that while average losses in earnings and employment are relatively moderate, low-earners lose significantly more.

Keywords: technological change; occupations; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J62 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11-01
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