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automation, China, Jobs, National Bureau of Economic Research, robots, Those Stubborn Facts, Trade
Number of net U.S. jobs lost to “expanded trade with China”, 1999-2016: 2.65 million
Number of net U.S. jobs lost to “adoption of industrial robots,” 1999-2016: 1.40 million
(Source: “Explaining the Decline in the U.S. Employment-to-Population Ratio: A Review of the Evidence,” by Katharine G. Abraham and Melissa S. Kearney, NBER Working Paper No. 24333, Labor Studies Program, National Bureau of Economic Research, February, 2018, http://www.nber.org/papers/w24333)
