Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?

The automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high-income countries. This paper first offers several explanations for why developing countries might show differing dynamics, at lea...

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Main Authors:	Maloney, William F., Molina, Carlos
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	labor markets polarization automation globalization developing countries
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/869281482170996446/Are-automation-and-trade-polarizing-developing-country-labor-markets-too http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25821

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spelling	okr-10986-258212021-06-08T14:42:46Z Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too? Maloney, William F. Molina, Carlos labor markets polarization automation globalization developing countries The automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high-income countries. This paper first offers several explanations for why developing countries might show differing dynamics, at least for the present. Census data then confirms this, showing on average no evidence of polarization in developing countries. However, incipient polarization in a few countries as well as major drives to automate in some large, labor intensive producers suggests this may not remain the case. This raises concerns first about the impact on equity within those countries, but second the possibility that the traditional flying geese pattern" -- whereby low skilled jobs are progressively off-shored to poorer and poorer countries -- may be short circuited. 2017-01-05T22:50:36Z 2017-01-05T22:50:36Z 2016-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/869281482170996446/Are-automation-and-trade-polarizing-developing-country-labor-markets-too http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25821 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7922 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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description	The automation and out-sourcing of routine, codifiable tasks are seen as driving polarization in labor markets in high-income countries. This paper first offers several explanations for why developing countries might show differing dynamics, at least for the present. Census data then confirms this, showing on average no evidence of polarization in developing countries. However, incipient polarization in a few countries as well as major drives to automate in some large, labor intensive producers suggests this may not remain the case. This raises concerns first about the impact on equity within those countries, but second the possibility that the traditional flying geese pattern" -- whereby low skilled jobs are progressively off-shored to poorer and poorer countries -- may be short circuited.
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author	Maloney, William F. Molina, Carlos
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title	Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?
title_short	Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?
title_full	Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?
title_fullStr	Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?
title_full_unstemmed	Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?
title_sort	are automation and trade polarizing developing country labor markets, too?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/869281482170996446/Are-automation-and-trade-polarizing-developing-country-labor-markets-too http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25821
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Are Automation and Trade Polarizing Developing Country Labor Markets, Too?

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