Labour-saving automation and occupational exposure: a text-similarity measure

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This paper represents one of the first attempts at building a direct measure of occupational exposure to robotic labour-saving technologies. After identifying robotic and LS robotic patents retrieved by Montobbio et al. (2022), the underlying 4-digit CPC definitions are employed in order to detect functions and operations performed by technological artefacts which are more directed to substitute the labour input. This measure allows to obtain fine-grained information on tasks and occupations according to their similarity ranking. Occupational exposure by wage and employment dynamics in the United States is then studied, complemented by investigating industry and geographical penetration rates.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 987

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: Labour-Saving Technology ; Natural Language Processes ; Labour Markets ; Technological Unemployment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Montobbio, Fabio ; Staccioli, Jacopo ; Virgillito, Maria Enrica ; Vivarelli, Marco
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/246813
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET