Tue, April 3, 2018
All Day
Thompson Library 165 (1858 Neil Ave)
Time: TBA
Event Host: Center for Ethics and Human Values
Event Host: Center for Ethics and Human Values
Rapid advances in machine capabilities have raised public concerns that human labor is becoming obsolete— but are these fears becoming a reality? Canonical economic theory says no, but much recent economic theory says ‘maybe’— that is, the demand for labor may be reduced as technology increasingly encroaches on human job tasks. This talk will provide an overview of the debate and show empirical evidence of the labor market impacts of technological progress. In doing so, it considers the effects of advancing technology on overall employment, on the availability of jobs for workers of different skill types, and on wage inequality.
Anna Salomons is Associate Professor and Chair of Applied Econometrics at Utrecht University.