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Blog Post
July 02, 2018
The rise of a new global “robot reserve army” will have profound effects on developing countries, but will it mean people will be working hard or hardly working? Today we launched a new CGD working paper on automation, development, and the future of wages and work, that at...
WORKING PAPER
July 02, 2018
Emerging economies face a contemporary challenge to traditional pathways to employment generation: automation, digitalization, and labor-saving technologies. 1.8 billion jobs—or two-thirds of the current labor force of developing countries—are estimated to be susceptible to automation fr...
Blog Post
February 14, 2018
Richer countries are under pressure to respond to and suppress high levels of irregular migration reaching their borders. One prominent recommendation is for richer countries to expand opportunities for lawful or regular migration. Suppose they do. Will more regular migration simply r...
BRIEF
February 14, 2018
Lawful migration channels are often suggested as a tool to reduce unlawful migration, but often without much evidence that they work. There is evidence that lawful channels for migration between Mexico and the United States have suppressed unlawful migration, but only when combined with robust enfor...
