Automation risk along individual careers: static and dynamic upgrades in cities

László Czaller (), Rikard Eriksson () and Balázs Lengyel
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László Czaller: Agglomeration and Social Networks Lendület Research Group, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Budapest, H-1097, Hungary and Department of Regional Science, ELTE University, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
Rikard Eriksson: Department of Geography, Umea University, Umea, SE-901 87, Sweden and Centre for Regional Science at Umea University, Umea, SE-901 87, Sweden

No 2030, CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS from Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: Automation risk of workers prevails less in large cities compared to small cities, but little is known about the drivers of this emerging urban phenomenon. We examine the role of cities on changes in automation risk through individual careers of workers by separating labour mobility to a city from labour mobility within a city. Applying panel data representing all Swedish workers from 2005 to 2013 we provide new evidence that working in, or moving to, metropolitan areas lower automation risk of workers. We find that high-skilled workers enjoy dynamic occupation upgrades in cities and benefit from accumulating experience in the urban labour market, while low-skilled workers experience a single static upgrade when moving to a city.

Keywords: automation risk; metropolitan regions; career upgrade; labour mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J24 J62 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2020-07
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