Using a newly collected dataset of robot use at the plant level from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first microscopic … portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis uncovers … five stylised facts concerning both extensive and, perhaps more importantly, intensive margin of plant-level robot use: (1 …

Using a newly collected dataset with plant-level information of robot use from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first … microscopic portrait of robotisation in Germany and study the potential determinants of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis … uncovers five stylised facts concerning both extensive and, perhaps more importantly, intensive margin of plant-level robot use …

scale application of industrial robot in China would influence employment and productivity undoubtedly in this time period … countries, especially China, is widely discussed among economists and policy makers. China, as the largest industrial nation, is …. Based on China Employer-Employee Survey (CEES), which is a new longitudinal study of manufacturing firms and workers in …

This paper investigates the effect of robot adoption on employment adjustment in China. By using detailed Chinese firm … effect of robots and find strong support for the productivity effect that robot adopters gain productivity improvement and … human capital abundant regions. In addition, we find limited evidence for the intra-industry labor reallocation to robot …

of more than three million records in China, this study examines the impact of imported industrial robots on firm …

automation also helps improve productivity of old age groups but in a different way. When robot density increases, old age groups …

robotization in Germany and study the correlates of robot adoption. Our descriptive analysis uncovers five stylized facts: (1 …) Robot use is relatively rare. (2) The distribution of robots is highly skewed. (3) New robot adopters contribute … substantially to the recent robotization. (4) Robot users are exceptional. (5) Heterogeneity in robot types matters. Our regression …

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 … earnings and employment rates, while other workers indirectly gain from robot adoption. We also find that the negative effects …

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 … earnings and employment rates, while other workers indirectly gain from robot adoption. We also find that the negative effects …