Demographics and Automation

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, because it creates a shortage of middle-aged workers specializing in manual production tasks. We show that demographic change is associated...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron (Author), Restrepo, Pascual (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022-08-24T17:31:25Z.
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