Giuseppe Di Giacomo

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Giuseppe Di Giacomo is an economist whose research sits at the intersection of labor economics, automation, and human capital formation. His work investigates how the rapid adoption of industrial robots and automation technologies reshapes labor markets and worker behavior in the United States. In his most-cited contribution, "Automation and Human Capital Adjustment" (2023, 11 citations), Di Giacomo leverages exogenous variation in robot adoption across US local labor markets to demonstrate a causal link between automation and college enrollment decisions, illuminating how workers and prospective students respond to technological displacement by investing in higher education. His follow-up work, "Robots and Non-Participation in the United States" (2025), extends this inquiry by examining the margins of adjustment for workers who exit the labor force entirely, addressing the pressing question of where displaced workers go amid accelerating technological change. Together, these contributions offer a nuanced portrait of automation's consequences beyond simple job displacement, capturing behavioral adaptations across education and labor force participation. Di Giacomo's empirical approach and policy-relevant findings make his work essential reading for scholars studying the future of work and the human consequences of technological progress.