The present technological revolution, characterized by the pervasive and growing presence of robots, automation … diffusion pace involving all the industrial sectors. Studying its mechanisms and consequences (will the world turn into a … updated picture of main empirical evidence on the relationship between new technologies and employment both in terms of …

robot use with a measure of workers' replaceability by robots, which is based on the tasks prevalent in industries before …

-sample employment patterns in the region of residence. We instrument robot adoption in each country using the pace of robot adoption in …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 …

. Assuming that some of the rents from labor technology will filter back into the economy it is expected that other occupations …

exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening …We show, theoretically and empirically, that the effects of technological change associated with automation and … is that better matches enjoy a comparative advantage in exploiting automation and a comparative disadvantage in …

We analyze the impact of robot adoption on employment composition using novel micro data on robot use of German … change. An event-study analysis for robot adoption confirms both predictions. We do not find decreasing employment for any … employment effects for the least routine-task intensive occupations and for young workers, the latter being better at adapting to …

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor …-manufacturing but no net employment decline. Trade impacts rise in the 2000s as imports accelerate, while the effect of technology … employment, particularly in manufacturing and among non-college workers. Labor markets susceptible to computerization due to …

technology adoption, we utilise the variation in technology adoption between industries and apply the instrumental variables … and prime-aged women in employment and the wage bills of particular sectors, but reduced the shares of older women and …. Between 2010 and 2018, the growth in ICT capital played a much larger role than robot adoption in the changes in the labour …

, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on transitions. Our results imply that robot adoption increased employment and …We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries between 1998-2017. Overall, we find … driver of cross-country differences: the effects of robot exposure are generally larger in absolute terms in countries with …

In a model with robots, and automatable and complementary human tasks, we examine robot-labour substitutions and show …, and other factors influenced by the innovation system. Making use of World Economic Forum data we estimate the …