Alice deChalendar

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Alice deChalendar is an economist whose research focuses on the future of work, labor economics, and the intersection of technological change and human capital. Her most notable contributions center on understanding how workers perceive and adapt to automation and evolving skill demands in modern economies. Through large-scale survey analysis, deChalendar has made a distinctive contribution by centering worker perspectives — rather than purely macroeconomic indicators — in debates about technological displacement. Her 2019 study, "Automation, Skills and the Future of Work," which has garnered 8 citations, draws on responses from over 11,000 workers across both advanced and emerging market economies to reveal a nuanced picture: contrary to widespread anxiety narratives, workers generally hold more positive than negative attitudes toward automation, with particularly optimistic views emerging from emerging market respondents. This finding challenges prevailing assumptions in the automation literature and has important implications for policymakers designing workforce transition programs. By bridging quantitative labor research with behavioral and perceptual data, deChalendar offers a valuable human-centered lens through which to examine one of the defining economic questions of our time.