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Marius Faber is an economist whose research sits at the intersection of automation, international trade, and labor markets, with a particular focus on how technological change reshapes employment and migration patterns across borders. His most influential work examines the phenomenon of reshoring — the idea that robots deployed in advanced economies can reduce the relative cost of domestic production, thereby diminishing demand for imports from offshoring countries like Mexico. His 2020 paper, "Robots and Reshoring: Evidence from Mexican Labor Markets," has garnered over 210 citations, establishing him as a leading voice on how automation in wealthy nations ripples through developing economies. Beyond reshoring, Faber has made important contributions to understanding internal migration, demonstrating that automation and trade shocks — such as the rise of Chinese imports — affect American workers in fundamentally different ways depending on geography. His more recent work extends these inquiries into global value chains under conditions of uncertainty and automation. Across his portfolio, Faber brings rigorous empirical methods to questions of profound policy relevance, offering nuanced insights into how technological disruption interacts with globalization to reshape labor markets worldwide.