-level robot adoption. Overall, our results highlight the uneven effects of automation on the workforce …We estimate the effects of robot adoption on firm-level and worker-level outcomes in the Netherlands using a large … value added and hours worked for robot-adopting firms and negative outcomes on competitors in the same industry. Our worker …

health care delivery, including administrative work, diagnosis, and treatment. In diagnosis and treatment, a large and …

of work, or at least out of good work, also put the economy out of business? Our model says yes. Under the right …

How should the government respond to automation? We study this question in a heterogeneous agent model that takes … borrowing is limited. We first show that these frictions result in inefficient automation. Firms fail to internalize that … where the government can tax automation but lacks redistributive tools to fully overcome borrowing frictions. The …

on robots and trade, the magnitude of these taxes may decrease as the process of automation and globalization deepens and …

We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular … older to middle-aged workers--is associated with greater adoption of robots and other automation technologies across … countries and with more robotics-related activities across US commuting zones. We also provide evidence of more rapid …

This paper studies the effects of automation in economies with labor market distortions that generate worker rents …--wages above opportunity cost--in some jobs. We show that automation targets high-rent tasks, dissipating rents and amplifying wage … losses from automation. It also reduces within-group wage dispersion for exposed groups. Automation-driven rent dissipation …

automation, health care, and energy, and correcting these distortions could have sizable welfare benefits …