supply on automation innovation by exploiting an immigrant placement policy in Germany during the 1990s and 2000s. Difference …-in-differences estimates indicate that one additional worker per 1,000 manual and unskilled workers reduces automation innovation by 0 …-skilled workers. Labor market tightness and external demand are plausible mechanisms for the labor-innovation nexus. …

This paper examines the labor market implications of investment in automation over the life cycle of ICT and robot … these automation technologies and identify the phases of acceleration and deceleration in investment. We then examine how … exposure to these automation technologies affects employment and wages across these different phases of their life cycle. We …

This paper examines the labor market adjustments to four automation technologies (i.e. robots, communication technology … measure of technology penetration, we estimate changes in regional employment and wages affected by automation technologies … along with the reallocation of workers between sectors. We find that labor market adjustments to automation technologies …