eprintid: 35395
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 8434
dir: disk0/00/03/53/95
datestamp: 2024-09-25 06:51:11
lastmod: 2024-09-25 08:56:18
status_changed: 2024-09-25 06:51:11
type: doctoralThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Grimm, Felix
title: Essays on the Labor Market Effects of Digitalisation
subjects: ddc-300
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
adv_faculty: af-18
abstract: Essay 1 investigates the aggregate employment and wage effects of AI and robotics, using patent data to measure technological progress in these fields. The study finds that robot exposure reduces low-skill employment but increases medium- and high-skill employment, while AI exposure has negative effects on employment but positive effects on wages.

Essay 2 focuses on how AI and robotics change the task content of occupations and the resulting effects on worker careers. It finds that robot exposure decreases the share of routine manual tasks, while AI exposure shifts tasks from non-routine to routine. AI also increases job-switching and reduces employment stability.

Essay 3 explores the effects of digital technologies on job quality and employer-provided training. The results show that advanced technologies like AI improve working conditions and training participation, while basic digital technologies have the opposite effect. It also highlights the role of firms in mitigating the negative effects of technological exposure through training and personnel management.
date: 2024
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00035395
ppn_swb: 1903436109
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-353953
date_accepted: 2024-07-12
advisor: HASH(0x55de57a24490)
language: eng
bibsort: GRIMMFELIXESSAYSONTH20240916
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
citation:   Grimm, Felix  (2024) Essays on the Labor Market Effects of Digitalisation.  [Dissertation]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/35395/1/Dissertation_print_submission_final.pdf