02020cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019152 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498303743 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Brussevich, Mariya. Is Technology Widening the Gender Gap? : Automation and the Future of Female Employment / Mariya Brussevich, Era Dabla-Norris, Salma Khalid. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (37 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using individual level data on task composition at work for 30 advanced and emerging economies, we find that women, on average, perform more routine tasks than men?tasks that are more prone to automation. To quantify the impact on jobs, we relate data on task composition at work to occupation level estimates of probability of automation, controlling for a rich set of individual characteristics (e.g., education, age, literacy and numeracy skills). Our results indicate that female workers are at a significantly higher risk for displacement by automation than male workers, with 11 percent of the female workforce at high risk of being automated given the current state of technology, albeit with significant cross-country heterogeneity. The probability of automation is lower for younger cohorts of women, and for those in managerial positions. Mode of access: Internet Dabla-Norris, Era. Khalid, Salma. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/091 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/091/001.2019.issue-091-en.xml IMF e-Library