Firm-Level Automation: Evidence from the Netherlands
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge
New research on evidence of effects of automation on firms and workers in the Netherlands.
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Automation: A Guide for Policymakers
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge in Brookings on the effects of automation on employment and implications for policy.
There’s an Automation Crisis Underway Right Now, It’s Just Mostly Invisible
James Bessen quoted in Gizmodo on the impact of automation on workers in the Netherlands.
Automatic Reaction – What Happens to Workers at Firms that Automate?
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge
New research on the effects of automation on jobs and wages finds minor impacts compared to mass layoffs, and with greatest impact on higher-paid workers.
Is Automation Labor-Displacing? Productivity Growth, Employment, and the Labor Share
David Autor and Anna Salomons
While many technological innovations replace workers with machines, what effect does that have on overall employment and productivity? This paper explores automation’s impact on total employment and aggregate demand.