Sylvain Leduc

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Sylvain Leduc is a leading macroeconomist whose research dissects the intersection of automation, labor markets, and economic uncertainty. His work fundamentally explores how technological change—particularly the rise of robots—reshapes the workforce and the distribution of income. In his highly cited 2020 paper, "Can Pandemic-Induced Job Uncertainty Stimulate Automation?" (40 citations), Leduc provides a prescient analysis of how the COVID-19 pandemic's social distancing measures created a surge in job uncertainty, making automation a more attractive and resilient alternative for firms. This work connects public health crises directly to structural economic shifts. His foundational 2019 study, "Robots or Workers? A Macro Analysis of Automation and Labor Markets" (24 citations), formalizes this dynamic within a search-and-matching framework, showing how firms choose between hiring workers and deploying robots when positions go unfilled. Leduc’s research offers a crucial, data-driven perspective on the decline of the labor share of income, demonstrating that while automation boosts productivity, it also concentrates gains away from workers. His work is essential reading for understanding the future of work in an era of rapid technological disruption.