Zhikuo Liu
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Zhikuo Liu is a leading scholar in labor economics and technological change, with a focus on the intersection of automation, firm behavior, and labor market outcomes in China. His research provides critical insights into how economic policies and technological adoption reshape industrial landscapes. In his highly cited work, "The cause and consequence of robot adoption in China: Minimum wages and firms’ responses," Liu examines the drivers and impacts of robot adoption using novel panel data on Chinese firms’ robot imports from 2001 to 2012, a period when over 80% of China’s robots were imported. He demonstrates that rising minimum wages significantly accelerate firms’ robot adoption, particularly among labor-intensive and cost-sensitive enterprises. This finding underscores the role of labor cost pressures in driving automation, with profound implications for employment, productivity, and inequality. Liu’s work has garnered attention for its rigorous empirical approach and policy relevance, contributing to global debates on the future of work. His research is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the economic consequences of automation and the dynamics of labor markets in emerging economies.
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