TY - THES A1 - Feuerbaum, Carsten T1 - Labor, automation innovation and human capital BT - kumulative Dissertation N2 - Automation technologies and human capital are fundamental drivers of economic growth. The motivation of this thesis is to advance the literature by providing novel insights into the determinants of automation innovation and human capital. For this purpose, this thesis exploits immigration episodes, uses empirical methods for causal inference and introduces new sources of data on immigrants and automation innovation. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 each examine the relationship between labor endowments and automation innovation. Chapter 4 examines the effects of ethnic concentration on immigrant childrens' acquisition of human capital. KW - Humankapital KW - Arbeitsangebot KW - Innovationsbarriere KW - Labor Supply KW - Innovation KW - Human Capital KW - Innovationspotenzial KW - Automation KW - Einwanderer KW - Soziale Bindung KW - Isolation KW - Bildungsniveau KW - Sprachkompetenz Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:824-opus4-6560 ER -