Mariana Viollaz

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, United States Department of Labor

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Mariana Viollaz is a prominent labor economist whose research sits at the critical intersection of technological change, gender inequality, and labor markets in Latin America. She is best known for her influential work examining how automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics — the defining forces of the Fourth Industrial Revolution — threaten to reshape employment opportunities across the developing world. Her most cited contribution, "Automation in Latin America: Are Women at Higher Risk of Losing Their Jobs?" has garnered significant academic attention, accumulating over 75 citations across its iterations, underscoring the urgency and relevance of her findings. By analyzing labor market data from countries including Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia, Viollaz has shed light on the gendered dimensions of technological displacement, revealing how female workers may face disproportionate vulnerability to job automation. Her research provides policymakers and scholars with essential empirical grounding for designing equitable responses to rapid technological disruption. For students and researchers exploring the future of work in emerging economies, Viollaz's scholarship offers an indispensable framework for understanding how structural economic transformations interact with longstanding gender inequalities in the Global South.