This paper is the first to examine the impact of robotization on work meaningfulness and autonomy, competence, and …-specific robotization data across 14 industries in 20 European countries from 2005 to 2021, our analysis reveals a consistent negative … impact of robotization on perceived work meaningfulness and autonomy. Using instrumental variables, we find that doubling …

physical tasks, which we combine with industry-level robotization exposure. Our conceptual framework builds on the insight that … robotization simultaneously replaces, creates, and modifies workers' tasks and studies how these forces impact workers' job content …. We rely on instrumental variable techniques and show that robotization reduces physically demanding activities. Yet, this …

This paper investigates the effect of robotization in high-income countries on firm-level North-South trade along the …