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14:15 - 15:45
IWH Research Seminar
MAY
2018
14:15 - 15:45
Comparative Advantage in Routine Production
We pin down a new mechanism behind comparative advantage by pointing out that countries differ in their ability to adjust to technological change. We take stock of the pattern extensively documented in the labor literature whereby more efficient machines displace workers from codifiable (routine) tasks.
Who
(KU Leuven)
Where
Personal details
Jo van Biesebroeck is Professor of Economics at the KU Leuven. His research interests are international trade, industrial organization and chinese economy.
