Robots, AI, and Immigration – A Race for Talent or of Displaced Workers
Yvonne Giesing, Britta Rude
Reference
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 20-23
Abstract
- Adoption of new technologies can affect different skill groups differently, potentially increasing inequality between migrant and native populations
- New technologies often create skill shortages
- Industrial robots and artificial intelligence have important beneficial labor market effects on natives, but not migrants
- We observe an increase in the immigrant inflow as a response to AI adoption
- Policymakers should pay special attention to the migrant population when designing mitigation policies in response to automation