Automation and income inequality in Europe

Karina Doorley; Jan Gromadzki; Piotr Lewandowski; Dora Tuda; Philippe Van Kerm

Automation and income inequality in Europe

Karina Doorley, Jan Gromadzki, Piotr Lewandowski, Dora Tuda, Philippe Van Kerm

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We study the effects of robot penetration on household income inequality in 14 European countries between 2006–2018, a period marked by the rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more exposed demographic groups, similarly to the results for the United States. Using robot-driven wage and employment shocks as input to the EUROMOD microsimulation model, we find that automation had minor effects on income inequality. Household labour income diversification and tax and welfare policies largely absorbed labour market shocks caused by automation. Transfers played a key role in cushioning the transmission of these shocks to household incomes.

langue originale	Anglais
Lieu de publication	Esch-sur-Alzette
Éditeur	LISER
Nombre de pages	48
état	Publié - 22 déc. 2023

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Numéro	2023-11
ISSN (Electronique)	2716-7445

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UNTANGLED: Untangling the impacts of technological transformations, globalisation and demographic change to foster shared prosperity in Europe
Lenaerts, K., Martin, L., Lewandowski, P., Hartwig, R., Holtgrewe, U., Doorley, K., Pompei, F., Capello, R., Rabaud, I., Bachmann, R., Du, Y., Fernandez, C., Bhorat, H., Markiewicz, O., Bourgeon, P., Hauret, L., Nguyen-Thi, T. U., Verheyden, B., Marguerit, D., Burzynski, M., Thomas, A., Docquier, F., Van Kerm, P. & Thill, P.
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