An article in MIT News highlights findings from Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo on firms’ inefficient targeting of automation.
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MIT News: Study: Firms often use automation to control certain workers’ wages
May 7, 2026
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Labor Market Consequences of Technological Change
May 2024 (updated November 2025)
Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and Productivity
Automation and Rent Dissipation: Implications for Wages, Inequality, and ProductivityAbout the researchers
Pascual Restrepo
Research Affiliate, Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work
Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University