develop a methodology to separately account for robots in the total capital stock. Increases in upstream, forward GVC …

robots, and a productivity-enhancing reallocation of labor across firms, away from non-adopters, and toward adopters. … manufacturing firms over a 27-year period (1990-2016). We focus on three central questions: (1) Which firms adopt robots? (2) What …-ante larger and more productive firms are more likely to adopt robots, while ex-ante more skill-intensive firms are less likely to …

result suggests that productivity gains from automation may not be entirely passed on to consumers in the form of lower …We use French data over the 1994-2013 period to study how imports of industrial robots affect firm-level outcomes … between robot imports and employment, exogenous changes in automation lead to job losses. We also find that robot imports …

ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure exposure to automation both at the regional level, based on the ex …

versus natives. We analyse and compare the effects of two different automation technologies: Industrial robots and artificial … identify how robots decrease the wage of migrants across all skill groups, while neither having a significant impact on the … migrants facing displacement effects, while natives might benefit from productivity and complementarity effects. In addition …

I study the optimal taxation of robots and labor income. In the model, robots substitute for routine labor and … complement non-routine labor. I show that while it is optimal to distort robot adoption, robots may be either taxed or subsidized … generates small welfare gains. As the price of robots falls, inequality rises but the robot tax and its welfare impact become …

What is the effect of robots and tools on employment and inequality? Using natural language processing and an … instrumental variable approach, we discover that robots have led to a sizable decrease in the employment and wages of low … robots and tools over the last 20 years have reduced inequality and increased welfare without a significant effect on …

result suggests that productivity gains from automation may not be entirely passed on to consumers in the form of lower …We use French data over the 1994-2013 period to study how imports of industrial robots affect firm-level outcomes … between robot imports and employment, exogenous changes in automation lead to job losses. We also find that robot imports …