COVID-19 and Implications for Automation / Alex W. Chernoff, Casey Warman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chernoff, Alex W.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Warman, Casey.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w27249.

NBER working paper series no. w27249

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2020.

Summary:

COVID-19 may accelerate the automation of jobs, as employers invest in technology to adapt the production process to safeguard against current and potential future pandemics. We identify occupations that have high automation potential and also exhibit a high degree of risk of viral infection. We then examine regional variation in terms of which U.S. local labor markets are most at risk. Next, we outline the differential impact that COVID-19 may have on automatable jobs for different demographic groups. We find that occupations held by U.S. females with mid to low levels of wages and education are at highest risk. Using comparable data for 25 other countries, we find women in this demographic are also at highest risk internationally.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2020.