Amazon’s New No-Checkout Technology
James Bessen quoted in Full Stack Economics on the adoption of new technology and its impact on workers.
Tag: Automation
What We Get Wrong About Machines Taking Our Jobs
James Bessen quoted in Morning Brew about the effects of automation on employment.
The Future of Work is Now: Adoption and Impact of AI Tools in the Workplace
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.
Robot Census: Gathering Data to Improve Policymaking on New Technologies
Robert Seamans on Brookings.edu on the need for a “robot census.”
Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey
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.
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.
Artificial Intelligence, the Future of Employment, and the Law
James Bessen participated in a panel hosted by University of Colorado Law School on the effects of automation on employment.
Automation Doesn’t Mean Automatic Unemployment
James Bessen interviewed in BU Today about the effects of automation on employment.
How Will Automation Impact Middle-class Jobs?
James Bessen interviewed in a podcast for Brookings on the effects of automation on jobs.
The Complicated Relationship Between Robots and Workers
Robert Seamans in Forbes on some effects of robots and automation on workers and employment.