https://9p7pzq3jbl.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ProdStage Skip to main content
Publications
Advanced Search

View metadata

dc.titleAutomation Trends and Labor Markets in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorBrambilla, Irene
dc.contributor.authorCésar, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorFalcone, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorGasparini, Leonardo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2023-09-28T00:09:00
dc.date.issue2023-09-28T00:09:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the effects of automation of production on labor market outcomes, and whether there is an effect of automation on functional and personal inequality in Latin America. The paper combines several data sources and empirical strategies in order to approach the issues from different perspectives and to cover different dimensions of labor markets. The main issues that we focus on are: i) the hypothesis that industries with a higher share of workers performing routine tasks are more likely to be affected by automation, using indexes of task routinization by occupation; and ii) the effects of automation on industry and local labor share, employment, wages, personal inequality and poverty. We focus on seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, during the period 1992-2015.
dc.format.extent48
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005173
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Automation-Trends-and-Labor-Markets-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectIndustry
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectAutomation
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectReimbursable Technical Cooperation
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectLabor Share
dc.subject.jelcodeJ21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeO33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
dc.subject.keywordsAutomation;labor share;Labor markets;functional inequality;personal inequality;Latin America
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01371
idb.operationRG-K1198
Return to Publication