Job Automation in Brazil: Which Consequences for Women’s Employment?

The automation of tasks and/or activities that constitute a work process has the potential to replace human labor, raising concerns about technological unemployment. Furthermore, individuals and groups who develop the technology are not gender neutral. This paper explores the relationship between advancements in job automation and gender inequalities within the Brazilian paid labor market. In aggregate terms, the probability of automation is lower for women than for men in Brazil. However, occupations with lower probability of automation generally tend to be lower-skilled and associated with lower pay – this is particularly true for most women's occupations, which are linked to the care economy and reproductive tasks.