By Diego Dabed, Sabrina Genz and Emilie Rademakers
Technology changes the demand for different skills. Automation, for example, eliminates some routine tasks, reducing the demand for related skills.
James Bessen quoted in Full Stack Economics on the adoption of new technology and its impact on workers.
James Bessen quoted in Morning Brew about the effects of automation on employment.
James Bessen and Robert Seamans on a panel hosted by R Street discussing the effects of automation technologies on labor, economic growth and future productivity.
Robert Seamans on Brookings.edu on the need for a “robot census.”
Kristina McElheran et al.
A new survey module intended to complement and expand research on the causes and consequences of advanced technology adoption by analyzing the 2018 Annual Business Survey.
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.
James Bessen participated in a panel hosted by University of Colorado Law School on the effects of automation on employment.
James Bessen interviewed in BU Today about the effects of automation on employment.
James Bessen interviewed in a podcast for Brookings on the effects of automation on jobs.