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Machine-labor Substitution

Machine-Labor Substitution is a production theory concept in which capital-intensive technologies systematically replace human labor in performing tasks, distinguished by the deliberate displacement of workforce inputs with automated or mechanized alternatives to achieve efficiency, scalability, or cost reduction in economic or organizational processes.

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16.6K

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307

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182

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2017–2026

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Publications

195

Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation

David Autor · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2015 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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The translog function and the substitution of equipment, structures, and labor in U.S. manufacturing 1929-68

Ernst R. Berndt, Laurits R. Christensen · Journal of Econometrics · 1973 · 723 citations

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Workers, Machines, and Economic Growth

Joseph Zeira · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1998 · 542 citations

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Technological Revolutions

Francesco Caselli · American Economic Review · 1999 · 409 citations

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Is Automation Labor-Displacing? Productivity Growth, Employment, and the Labor Share

David Autor, Anna Salomons · National Bureau of Economic Research · 2018 · 402 citations · Full text

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Authors

307

  1. DA
    Daron Acemoğlu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  2. PR
    Pascual Restrepo

    Boston University, United States

    7 publications · 927 citations

    7

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  3. DA
    David Autor

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    7 publications · 5K citations

    6

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  4. JZ
    Joseph Zeira

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    6 publications · 662 citations

    6

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  5. AB
    Andrew Berg

    International Monetary Fund, United States

    5 publications · 420 citations

    5

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Institutions

182

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    5K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    756 citations

  4. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. International Monetary Fund

    Washington D.C., United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    652 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    320 citations

  8. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    601 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 19 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

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  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Repository · 9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 8 publications · 205 citations

    8

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  4. Technological Forecasting and Social Change

    4 publications · 214 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Monetary Economics

    4 publications · 623 citations

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