David Autor
Impact in
- Economics and Econometrics top 0.01%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
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- Global trade and economics
Papers in
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- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality 52
- Economic Growth and Productivity 17
- Firm Innovation and Growth 10
- Demography 26
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment 21
- Co-authors
- David A. Dorn (19 shared papers)Lawrence F. Katz (7 shared papers)Gordon Hanson (15 shared papers)Daron Acemoğlu (7 shared papers)Frank Levy (5 shared papers)Richard J. Murnane (5 shared papers)Mark Duggan (11 shared papers)Melissa Schettini Kearney (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- American Economic Review (14 papers)The Quarterly Journal of Economics (9 papers)American Economic Journal Applied Economics (5 papers)The Journal of Economic Perspectives (5 papers)Journal of Labor Economics (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
David Autor
102 papers receiving 24.5k citations
David Autor's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
- Economics and Econometrics 16.8k
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4.7k
- Public Administration 1.0k
- General Health Professions 6.0k
- Demography 2.9k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 3471 |
| 2 | Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 2109 |
| 3 | The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs and the Polarization of the US Labor Market Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 2093 |
| 4 | The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 2072 |
| 5 | Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 1880 |
| 6 | Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1306 |
| 7 | Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market? Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1119 |
| 8 | Changes in the Wage Structure and Earnings Inequality Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 1101 |
| 9 | Outsourcing at Will: The Contribution of Unjust Dismissal Doctrine to the Growth of Employment Outsourcing Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 961 |
| 10 | The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms* Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 908 |
| 11 | Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among the “other 99 percent” Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 627 |
| 12 | The China Shock: Learning from Labor-Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 609 |
| 13 | The Rise in the Disability Rolls and the Decline in Unemployment Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 505 |
| 14 | Import Competition and the Great US Employment Sag of the 2000s Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 482 |
| 15 | Toward understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on labor Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 439 |
| 16 | Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 418 |
| 17 | Trade Adjustment: Worker-Level Evidence * Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 366 |
| 18 | Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 363 |
| 19 | Putting Tasks to the Test: Human Capital, Job Tasks, and Wages Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 347 |
| 20 | Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labour Markets Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 342 |
About David Autor
David Autor is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Demography, General Health Professions, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Public Administration, having authored 106 papers that have together received 27.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (52 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (32 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (21 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (17 papers), Global trade and economics (13 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (10 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (9 papers) and Digital Economy and Work Transformation (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Economics and Econometrics (16.8k citations), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4.7k citations), Public Administration (1.0k citations), General Health Professions (6.0k citations) and Demography (2.9k citations). David Autor has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include David A. Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Gordon Hanson, Daron Acemoğlu, Frank Levy, Richard J. Murnane, Mark Duggan, Melissa Schettini Kearney, Alan B. Krueger and John Michael Van Reenen. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal Applied Economics, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and Journal of Labor Economics.
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