Kuo, A., Manzano, D. and Gallego, A. (2023). Automation versus openness: support for policies to address job threats. Journal of Public Policy
Fecha
Abstract. Does the threat of automation of workers’ employment provoke distinct policy preferences from that of globalization? We present hypotheses about how these different threats affect support for policies to prevent such shocks as well as policies to compensate via redistribution. Using vignettes and conjoint experiments embedded in survey evidence from Spain, we find that the threat of automation does not provoke any greater demand for redistribution than does openness.
