Automation's Second-Order Effects: What Labor Market Analyses Keep Missing

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Automation's Second-Order Effects: What Labor Market Analyses Keep Missing

Most labor market analyses of AI automation focus on first-order job displacement. The more consequential dynamics are second-order: how automation reshapes skill premiums, organizational structures, and the distribution of economic surplus.

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