Innovation and the Labor Market: Theory, Evidence and Challenges. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellows Jacopo Staccioli and Marco Vivarelli & colleagues.

The GLO Discussion Paper studies labor-saving automation (namely robotics and AI) based on natural language processing of US patents to find that both upstream high-tech providers and downstream users of new technologies – such as Boeing and Amazon – lead the underlying innovative efforts.

GLO Discussion Paper No. 1284, 2023

Innovation and the Labor Market: Theory, Evidence and Challenges – Download PDF
by Corrocher, Nicoletta & Moschella, Daniele & Staccioli, Jacopo & Vivarelli, Marco

GLO Fellows Jacopo Staccioli and Marco Vivarelli

Author Abstract: This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market, analyzing the impact of new technological advancements on overall employment, skills and wages. After a critical review of the extant literature and the available empirical studies, novel evidence is presented on the distribution of labor-saving automation (namely robotics and AI), based on natural language processing of US patents. This mapping shows that both upstream high-tech providers and downstream users of new technologies – such as Boeing and Amazon – lead the underlying innovative effort.

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