Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289944 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1457
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Mobility restrictions have the potential to accelerate automation. Using difference-indifferences and triple-differences empirical strategies, and leveraging cross-industry variation in mobility restrictions and within-industry variations in automation risk, this paper estimates the impact of pandemic-related restrictions on automation in Peru. Our results indicate that mobility restrictions significantly decreased employment rates (−22.5%) and hourly wages (−74.1%) for workers in highly automatable jobs up to 18 months after the shock. These effects were particularly pronounced among women, small and medium-sized firms, informal workers, and individuals with low and medium skill levels working in manufacturing, construction, and services. Evidence suggests that occupational mobility from high-risk to low-risk jobs drove recovery afterwards.
Subjects: 
Automation
Mobility restrictions
Labor markets
Occupationalmobility
Jobs
JEL: 
J21
J46
J62
O33
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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