The fourth industrial revolution and the future of work: Reasons to worry and policies to consider.
A striking feature of the contemporary U.S. economy is the widespread adoption of technologies associated with the 4th Industrial Revolution (IR) including sensors, industrial robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Empirical work investigating the labor market impacts of 4th IR tec...
| Publicado en: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 333 - 351 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2024
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