Required reading: in your project need to choose at least one from the following
Acemoglu, D and D.H. Autor (2011), "Skills, tasks, and technologies: implications for employment and earnings" ch.12 of in Handbook of Labor Economics, eds.1, 4(5).
Autor, D.H. (2015) "Why are there still so many jobs? The history and future of workplace automation," Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29(3), 3-30.
Nordhaus (2015), "Are we approaching an economic singularity? Information technology and the future of economic growth", mimeo.
Peri, Giovanni (2016) "Immigrants, Productivity, and labor markets," Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(4), 3-30.
Tier 1: Academic research papers
(Count as reference and will be most highly evaluated)
related to automation in general
Acemoglu and Restrepo (2016a), Robots and jobs: evidence from US labor markets
Acemoglu and Restrepo (2016b), The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares and Employment
Agrawal et al. (2016), Exploring the impact of artificial intelligence: prediction versus judgment
Barlett (1984), Is industrial innovation destroying our jobs? reference found by William
Graetz and Michaels (2017), Is Modern Technology Responsible for Jobless Recoveries?
Graetz and Michaels (2015), Robots at work
Michaels (2017,AERpp), Is modern technology responsible for jobless recoveries? (working paper version) reference found by James
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specifically related to education
Bloom et al. (2017), Are ideas getting harder to find?
Goldin and Katz (2009), The race between education and technology: the evolution of U.S. educational wage differentials 1890 to 2005
Hauptman (2013, CMHL), US attainment rates, demographics, and the supply of college graduates (DL through ODU lib), reference found by Christine
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specifically related to labor-capital share
Autor et al. (2016), Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share
Barkai (2016), Declining labor and capital shares
Elsby et al. (2014, BPEA), The decline of the U.S. labor share
Karabarbounis and Neiman (2014, QJE), The Global Decline of the Labor Share (working paper ver.)
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related to immigration
Borjas (2013,CIS), Immigration and the American workers, referenced by Nicky
Boubtane et al. (2016, OEP), Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986-2006
Card (2012, JEEA), Comment: the elusive search for negative wage impacts of immigration, reference referenced by Nicky
Hunt and Gauthier-Loiselle (2010,AER), How much does immigration boost innovation? reference found by Lucas
Ottaviano and Peri (2012,JEEA), Rethinking the effect of immigration on wages (working paper viersion) reference found by Nicky and Lucas
Peri (2012,RES), The effect of immigration on productivity: evidence from U.S. states reference found by Lucas
Peri et al. (2015, JLE), STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities
related to globalization
Zhu (2008,wp), Globalisation, employment, and wage rate: what does literature tell us? referenced by Carly
Tier 2: Nonacademic research papers
(Count as reference and will be highly evaluated)
related to automation in general
Estimating the U.S. labor share (BLS, 2017)
Skills, education and the rise of earnings inequality among the 'other 99 percent' (Science, 2014)
related to immigration
Global Wage Report 2016/17 (ILO, 2017)
Tier 3: Nontechnical articles
(Count as reference and will be positively evaluated)
related to automation in general
Robotization without taxation? (Project Syndicate, 2017/3/22)
Automation and anxiety (The Economist, 2017), reference found by Taylor; Magdalena, Devyn, and Marijana
US factory CEOs to Trump: jobs exist; skills don't (WP, 2017), reference found by Christine
This company replaced 90% of its workforce with machines. Here's what happened ( World Economic Forum, 2017)
The future of your job is full of uncertainty. But this is how we can make it more inclusive ( World Economic Forum, 2017)
How technology is destroying jobs (MIT technology review, 2013)
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specifically related to education
The skills you need to succeed in the digital economy, and how to get them (World Economic Forum, 2017)
U.S. students' academic achievement still lags that of their peers in many other countries (Pew Research Center, 2017)
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related to immigration
Immigration and economic growth in the U.S. 2000-2015 (Econofact, Mar.16, 2017)
The new Trump immigration policy is bad for US health (PIIE, Mar.8, 2017)
Trump calls for 'merit based' immigration system in address to the Congress (CNBC, 2017)
Beyond the headlines: quantifying the economic contributions of migrants ( World Economic Forum, 2017)
Today's newly-arrived immigrants are the best-educated ever (Pew Research Center, 2015)
Foreign student dependence (Inside Higher Ed, 2013), reference found by Lucas
Low-skilled immigrants: economic burden or boon? (WP, 2013), reference found by Nathan
Tier 4: Other relevant articles, websites
(Count as valid and relevant references, but not positively evaluated)
What the President could learn from professional economists (NYT, Mar.10, 2017)
How might changes in Federal policies boost innovation and productivity? (CBO, Mar.2, 2017)
Major industries with highest employment, by state (BLS, 1990-2015), reference found by Christine
The U.S. economy to 2024 (BLS, 2015), reference found by James
Global wage predictions to 2030 (PwC, 2013), reference found by William
Related videos
"Immigrant crackdown: businesses brace for fallout" (WSJ, 2017)
"Will Trump's deportation policy drive up farm wages?" (Bloomberg, 2017)
"Trump threatens Indian engeneers' American Dream" (CNN, 2017)
"Michigan workers hate NAFTA but love robots" (CNN, 2017)
"Federal Reserve chairwoman Yellen affirms rate hike" testimony by Janet Yellen (WSJ, 2017)
"Global wage report 2016/17: the report in short" By Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez (International Labour Organization, 2017)
"Will automation take away all our jobs?" By David Autor (TED, 2016)
"Race against the machine" By Andrew McAfee (TED, 2012)
"Immigration concerns: Tech industry looks to Canada" (WSJ, 2017)
"Artificial Intelligence" (World economic Forum, Annual Meeting 2017)