Labor Market Effects of Automation and Technology Adoption in the Global Economy

This workshop brought together a group of researchers working on topics related to automation, technological change, and labor markets in a global economy. We discussed theoretical and empirical contributions that help us understand the determinants of automation in an open economy and the impact of automation and technology adoption on firms and their workers.

Keynote speakers:    

Paulo Bastos, World Bank

Christian Volpe Martincus, Inter-American Development Bank

Policy Panel with José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Executive Secretary of ECLAC

Organizers:

Lisandra Flach, ifo Institute & Pillars

Nina Czernich, ifo Institute & Pillars   

Nunzia Francesca Saporito, CEPAL