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to industrial robots. Applying random effects within-between regression to a pseudo-panel of observations from 28 …-educated workers remain constant in strongly unionised countries with increasing exposure to robots, whereas in weakly unionised …
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period marked by the rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more …
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Using survey data from 20 European countries, we construct novel worker-level indices of routine, abstract, social, and physical tasks across 20 European countries, which we combine with industry-level robotization exposure. Our conceptual framework builds on the insight that robotization...
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We study the effect of the adoption of automation technologies - industrial robots, and software and databases - on the … incidence of atypical employment in 13 EU countries between 2006 and 2018. We find that industrial robots significantly increase … software and databases. We also show that the higher trade union density mitigates the robots' impact on atypical employment …
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robots have reduced routine tasks. In sharp contrast, AI has reduced non-routine abstract tasks like information gathering …
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In a model with robots, and automatable and complementary human tasks, we examine robot-labour substitutions and show … relationship for thirteen countries and find that countries with poor innovation capabilities substitute robots for workers much …-manufacturing robots and workers are stronger substitutes than in other manufacturing. …
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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 … panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and …
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concern is whether labor can win a 'race against the robots' and the longer-term concern is whether an artificial general …-competitive behaviour and abuse of market power; surveillance, censorship, cybercrime; labor market discrimination, declining job quality …
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A handful of studies have investigated the effects of robots on workers in advanced economies. According to a recent … robots in developing countries. In this paper we analyze the effects of exposure to industrial robots in the Chinese labor … that exposure to robots affected internal mobility and increased the number of labor-related strikes and protests. …
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Since the early 1990s, recoveries from recessions in the US have been plagued by weak employment growth. One possible explanation for these "jobless" recoveries is rooted in technological change: middle-skill jobs, often involving routine tasks, are lost during recessions, and the displaced...
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