We analyze the effects of declining population growth on the adoption of automation technology. A standard theoretical … framework of the accumulation of traditional physical capital and of automation capital predicts that countries with a lower … population growth rate are the ones that innovate and/or adopt new automation technologies faster. We test the theoretical …

We analyze the effects of declining population growth on automation. A simple theoretical model of capital accumulation … predicts that countries with lower population growth introduce automation technologies earlier. We test the theoretical …, suggesting that a 1% increase in population growth is associated with an approximately 2% reduction in the growth rate of robot …

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 … development of automation technologies in countries undergoing greater demographic change. Our directed technological change model …

fertility and increasing longevity have implications on the age population structure and, therefore, on the balance between …, artificial intelligence, automation) may increase productivity growth but at the risk of having disruptive effects on employment …

We analyse the effects of declining population growth on automation. Theoretical considerations imply that countries … with lower population growth introduce automation technologies faster than those with higher population growth. We test the … in the growth rate of robot density. Our results are robust to the inclusion of standard control variables, different …

We analyze the e ects of declining population growth on automation. A simple theoretical model of capital accumulation … predicts that countries with lower population growth introduce automation technologies earlier. We test the theoretical …, suggesting that a 1% increase in population growth is associated with an approximately 2% reduction in the growth rate of robot …

-related aspects. Labor market pressures are felt around the globe, and robots and automation increasingly become reality. However …