Automation risk prevails less in large cities compared to small cities but little is known about the drivers of this emerging urban phenomenon. A major challenge is that automation risk is quantified by work-related tasks that allows for measurement through occupation, which is in turn implicitly related to local economic structure and to individual career paths. This paper examines the role of working in cities on changes in automation risk through individual career mobility. Using panel data on Swedish workers, we show that the metropolitan effect of reducing automation risk is mainly induced through inter-firm job mobility. Separate estimates for different groups show that this effect accrues mostly to native, high-skilled and male workers.

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通过职业流动降低自动化风险：在哪里和为谁？

与小城市相比，大城市的自动化风险较少，但人们对这种新兴城市现象的驱动因素知之甚少。一个主要挑战是自动化风险是通过与工作相关的任务来量化的，这些任务允许通过职业进行衡量，而职业又与当地经济结构和个人职业道路隐含相关。本文探讨了在城市工作对通过个人职业流动性改变自动化风险的作用。使用瑞典工人的面板数据，我们表明降低自动化风险的大都市效应主要是通过公司间的工作流动性引起的。对不同群体的单独估计表明，这种影响主要发生在本地、高技能和男性工人身上。