Automation and job protection : Does automation slow down when employment protection is strong?

• Main Authors: Muratovic, Alan, Azadan, Poyan
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS) 2019
• Subjects: Employment Protection Legislation (EPL); technological change; automation speed; polarization; Economics; Nationalekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85154

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.