We investigate the impact of robot adoption on electoral outcomes in 14 Western European countries, between 1993 and … ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure exposure to automation both at the regional level, based on the ex …-sample employment patterns in the region of residence. We instrument robot adoption in each country using the pace of robot adoption in …

as tools for independent work can help workers maintain a sense of autonomy in industries and job roles that adopt robots …

robots, this paper analysis the impact of robots on the wages of workers in the manufacturing sector. The results show that … industrial robots increase wages for high-skilled workers relative to low-skilled workers, hence robots increases the skill … or professional occupations. Overall, our results suggest that the introduction of industrial robots has a positive …

Communication Technologies (ICT) and robots, in 14 European countries between 2010 and 2018. To identify the causal effects of … strategy proposed by Acemoglu and Restrepo (2020). We find that the exposure to ICT and robots increased the shares of young … relatively low ICT-related skills; and for young men in routine manual occupations, who experienced substitutions by robots …

period marked by the rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more …We study the effects of robot penetration on household income inequality in 14 European countries between 2006-2018, a … exposed demographic groups, similarly to the results for the United States. Using robot-driven wage and employment shocks as …

The present technological revolution, characterized by the pervasive and growing presence of robots, automation …

robot use with a measure of workers' replaceability by robots, which is based on the tasks prevalent in industries before …Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots' potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their … economic effects. In this paper we analyze for the first time the economic impact of industrial robots, using new data on a …