Omar Arias Daisuke Fukuzawa Duong Trung Le Aaditya Mattoo
Studies of the impact of robots on labour markets often conceptualise jobs as bundles of distinct tasks. In such frameworks, technologies substitute or complement workers. But this view may overestimate the potential adverse effects of automation, particularly in developing countries. This column distinguishes between technical feasibility and economic viability of adopting industrial robots and artificial intelligence to examine their labour market impact. In several middle- and low-income countries, the labour-saving effects of robots have been offset by export-driven increases in the scale of production. While AI threatens fewer jobs in developing countries, these countries are also less equipped to take advantage of the benefits of AI.
Πηγή: Voxeu