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2018
Technological unemployment revisited
Technological unemployment revisited
automation in a searchand matching framework
automation in a searchand matching framework
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Will low-skilled workers be replaced by automation? To answer this question, we set up a search and matching model that features two skill types of workers and includes automation capital as an additional production factor. Automation capital is a perfect substitute for low-skilled workers and an imperfect substitute for high-skilled workers. Using this type of model, we show that the accumulation of automation capital decreases the labor market tightness in the low-skilled labor market and increases the labor market tightness in the high-skilled labor market. This leads to a rising unemployment rate of low-skilled workers and a falling un- employment rate of high-skilled workers. In addition, automation leads to falling wages of low-skilled workers and rising wages of high-skilled workers.
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Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2018,19
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Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
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Institute of Economics
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330 Economics
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Unemployment Automation Search and matching model Technological progress Inequality Skill premium
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Sustainable Development Goals
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@techreport{Prettner2018,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6310},
author = {Prettner, Klaus and Cords, Dario},
title = {Technological unemployment revisited : automation in a searchand matching framework},
year = {2018},
school = {Universität Hohenheim},
series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences},
}