Automation and job protection : Does automation slow down when employment protection is strong?
We examine how speed of automation is affected by different employment protection regimes - one with lenient and one with stringent regulation. To assess we examine how occupations shares in the UK, US, Germany and Spain has changed from 1991-2013. According to our estimates, we find that the speed,...
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| Language: | English |
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Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)
2019
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85154 |
| Summary: | We examine how speed of automation is affected by different employment protection regimes - one with lenient and one with stringent regulation. To assess we examine how occupations shares in the UK, US, Germany and Spain has changed from 1991-2013. According to our estimates, we find that the speed, of which high-risk occupations shrink over time, slows down in countries with a stringent EPL, Germany and Spain, regime relative to lenient EPL levels, the UK and US. |
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