abstract: 'The implications of technology adoption for productivity, income, and

  welfare have been studied widely in the context of less developed

  countries (LDCs). In contrast, the relationship between technology

  adoption and employment has attracted less interest. This systematic

  review evaluates the diverse yet sizeable evidence base that has

  remained below the radars of both reviewers and policy makers. We map

  the qualitative and empirical evidence and report that the effect of

  technology adoption on employment is skill biased and more likely to be

  observed when technology adoption favors product innovation as opposed

  to process innovation. Technology adoption is also less likely to be

  associated with employment creation when: (i) the evidence is related to

  farm employment as opposed to firm/industry employment; (ii) the

  evidence is related to low-income countries as opposed to lower

  middle-income or mixed countries; and (iii) the evidence is based on

  post-2001 data as opposed to pre-2001 data. There is also qualitative

  evidence indicating that international trade, weak forward and backward

  linkages, and weaknesses in governance and labor-market institutions

  tend to weaken the job creating effects of technology adoption. We

  conclude by calling for compilation of better quality survey data and

  further attention to sources of heterogeneity in modeling the

  relationship between technology adoption and employment in LDCs. (C)

  2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Ugur, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Greenwich, Business Sch, London,
  England.

  Ugur, Mehmet, Univ Greenwich, Business Sch, London, England.

  Mitra, Arup, Inst Econ Growth, Delhi, India.'
author: Ugur, Mehmet and Mitra, Arup
author_list:
- family: Ugur
  given: Mehmet
- family: Mitra
  given: Arup
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.015
files: []
issn: 0305-750X
journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
keywords: technology; employment; systematic review; meta-analysis
keywords-plus: 'GREEN-REVOLUTION; META-REGRESSION; FARM MECHANIZATION; INCOME

  INEQUALITY; TECHNICAL CHANGE; WAGES EVIDENCE; FIRM-LEVEL; LABOR USE;

  INNOVATION; AGRICULTURE'
language: English
month: AUG
number-of-cited-references: '126'
orcid-numbers: 'Ugur, Mehmet/0000-0003-3891-3641

  Ugur, Mehmet/0000-0003-3891-3641

  Uğur, Mehmet/0000-0003-0019-7811'
pages: 1-18
papis_id: 3c28276ee25e55677cee2f9b674f4c9e
ref: Ugur2017technologyadoption
researcherid-numbers: 'Ugur, Mehmet/AAG-5018-2019

  Ugur, Mehmet/Q-8345-2016

  Uğur, Mehmet/HKE-5826-2023'
tags:
- relevant
- review
times-cited: '12'
title: 'Technology Adoption and Employment in Less Developed Countries: A Mixed-Method
  Systematic Review'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000402342600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '6'
usage-count-since-2013: '71'
volume: '96'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
year: '2017'