Abstract
We use a micro-level database of workers from 22 European countries to assess if technological exposure affects the relationship between global value chains (GVCs) and working conditions, quantified by several aspects of job quality and wages. We compare the effects across types of technological exposure, differentiating between software and robots versus AI technology. In general, GVCs correlate negatively with wages, and (slightly) positively with some non-monetary aspects of job quality. We show that digital technological factors do not alter this core link between job quality (or wages) and GVCs in an economically meaningful way.
