
Thor Berger
Biträdande universitetslektor

Industrial automation and intergenerational income mobility in the United States
Författare
Summary, in English
This article examines how the automation of jobs has shaped spatial patterns of intergenerational income mobility in the United States over the past three decades. Using data on the spread of industrial robots across 722 local labor markets, we find significantly lower rates of upward mobility in areas more exposed to automation. The erosion of mobility chances is rooted in childhood environments and is particularly evident among males growing up in low-income households. These findings reveal how recent technological advances have contributed to the unequal patterns of economic opportunity in the United States today.
Avdelning/ar
- Centrum för ekonomisk demografi
- Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
- Tillväxt, teknologisk förändring och ojämlikhet
Publiceringsår
2022
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Social Science Research
Volym
104
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Economics and Business
Nyckelord
- Deindustrialization
- Income distribution
- Intergenerational mobility
- Regional inequality
- Social mobility
- Technological change
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0049-089X