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| dc.title | Mobility Restrictions and Automation in the Developing World: Evidence from Peru's Labor Market |
| dc.contributor.author | Benitez-Rueda, Miguel |
| dc.contributor.author | Domínguez, Nicolás |
| dc.contributor.author | Parrado, Eric |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Peru |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-26T00:04:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2023-04-26T00:04:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Mobility restrictions have the potential to accelerate automation. Using difference-in-differences and triple-differences empirical strategies, and leveraging cross-industry variation in mobility restrictions and within-industry variations in automation risk, this paper estimates the impact of pandemic-related restrictions on automation in Peru. Our results indicate that mobility restrictions significantly decreased employment rates (22.5%) and hourly wages (74.1%) for workers in highly automatable jobs up to 18 months after the shock. These effects were particularly pronounced among women, small and medium-sized firms, informal workers, and individuals with low and medium skill levels working in manufacturing, construction, and services. Evidence suggests that occupational mobility from high-risk to low-risk jobs drove recovery afterwards. |
| dc.format.extent | 27 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004864 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Mobility-Restrictions-and-Automation-in-the-Developing-World-Evidence-from-Perus-Labor-Market.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Labor Force |
| dc.subject | Coronavirus |
| dc.subject | Industry |
| dc.subject | Work Automation |
| dc.subject | Automation |
| dc.subject | Workforce and Employment |
| dc.subject | Labor Market |
| dc.subject | Formal Labor |
| dc.subject | Labor |
| dc.subject | Wage |
| dc.subject | Person with Disability |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J46 - Informal Labor Markets |
| dc.subject.jelcode | J62 - Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility |
| dc.subject.jelcode | O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes |
| dc.subject.keywords | Automation;Mobility Restrictions;Labor markets;Occupationalmobility;jobs |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-WP-01457 |
| idb.operation | RG-E1873 |