Data and Code for: Routine-Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Skill Investments

We investigate how individuals alter their educational investments in response to routine-biased technology. We find that individuals growing up in robot-impacted areas aremore likely to complete a bachelor’s degree and experience a relative increase in earnings. Changes in the skill premium and opportunity cost appear to drive these effects.To interpret these findings, we estimate a model of endogenous skill acquisition wherechanges in the demand and supply of skills shape the path of earnings. Counterfactualsimulations suggest that the endogenous skill response cannot fully undo the adverseearnings effects of automation unless there are sufficiently generous educational subsidies.