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) Robot use is relatively rare. (2) The distribution of robots is highly skewed. (3) New robot adopters contribute …
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Communication Technologies (ICT) and robots, in 14 European countries between 2010 and 2018. To identify the causal effects of … strategy proposed by Acemoglu and Restrepo (2020). We find that the exposure to ICT and robots increased the shares of young … relatively low ICT-related skills; and for young men in routine manual occupations, who experienced substitutions by robots …
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robots. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative, impact on robot …) Robot use is relatively rare with only 1.55% German plants using robots in 2018. (2) The distribution of robots is highly …
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: (1) Robot use is relatively rare with only 1.55% German plants using robots in 2018. (2) The robot distribution is highly … probability of robot adoption. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative …
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This paper reviews policies to strengthen Germany’s productivity growth and prepare for changes in labour markets … reformed for the future of work. Germany enjoys a relatively high labour productivity level but productivity growth has been … modest in recent years. There is room to boost productivity growth by accelerating the diffusion of new technologies …
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machine-operating occupations, while high-skilled managers gain. In the aggregate, robots raise labor productivity but not … impact across industries and local labor markets in Germany. We find no evidence that robots cause total job losses, but they …. But this loss was fully offset by additional jobs in the service sector. Moreover, robots have not raised the displacement …
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In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is contrasted with the post-World War II period. This latter...
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affect worker stress. We find a persistent negative relationship, suggesting that AI and robots could reduce the stress level …
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labor productivity weakened, which has been implicated in rising income inequality and poverty. In this paper we provide an … overview of technological innovation and labor productivity growth from 1871. From this we show that over the past three … decades the economy has found it increasingly difficult to transform technological innovation into labor productivity growth …
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, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth … technological innovation to raise labor productivity. This paper identifies three reasons why technological innovation has become … stagnation. Improving the impact of technological innovations on labor productivity growth will require a more diversified …
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