The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets

We study the effect of robots on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the major robot users in Latin America, during the period 2004-2016. We exploit spatial and time variations in exposure to robots arising from initial differences in industry specialization across geographic locations a...

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Autores principales: Brambilla, Irene, César, Andrés Manuel, Falcone, Guillermo, Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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Publicado: 2023
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Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/150989
https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/doc_cedlas312.pdf?dl=0
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1509892023-04-04T04:06:19Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/150989 https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/doc_cedlas312.pdf?dl=0 issn:1853-0168 The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets Brambilla, Irene César, Andrés Manuel Falcone, Guillermo Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos 2023-04 2023-04-03T14:13:56Z en Ciencias Económicas Robot Adoption Local Labor Markets Latin America Unemployment Informality We study the effect of robots on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the major robot users in Latin America, during the period 2004-2016. We exploit spatial and time variations in exposure to robots arising from initial differences in industry specialization across geographic locations and the evolution of robot adoption across industries, to estimate a causal effect of robots on local labor market outcomes. We find that district’s exposure to robots causes a relative deterioration in labor market indicators such us unemployment and labor informality. We document that robots mainly replace formal salaried jobs, affecting young and semi-skilled workers to a greater extent, and that informal employment acts as a buffer that prevents a larger increase in unemployment. Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales Articulo Documento de trabajo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf
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Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
Brambilla, Irene
César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
The impact of robots in Latin America: evidence from local labor markets
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Robot Adoption
Local Labor Markets
Latin America
Unemployment
Informality
description We study the effect of robots on labor markets in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the major robot users in Latin America, during the period 2004-2016. We exploit spatial and time variations in exposure to robots arising from initial differences in industry specialization across geographic locations and the evolution of robot adoption across industries, to estimate a causal effect of robots on local labor market outcomes. We find that district’s exposure to robots causes a relative deterioration in labor market indicators such us unemployment and labor informality. We document that robots mainly replace formal salaried jobs, affecting young and semi-skilled workers to a greater extent, and that informal employment acts as a buffer that prevents a larger increase in unemployment.
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César, Andrés Manuel
Falcone, Guillermo
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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