This work investigates the impact that the change in the exposure to robots had on the Italian local employment … dynamics over the period 2011-2018. A novel empirical strategy focusing on a match between occupations' activities and robots … employed as robot operators and in occupations deemed exposed to robots. In a framework consistently centered on workers' and …

This paper analyses data on industrial robots in European manufacturing sectors, focusing on their applications and … wage levels and robot prices. We argue that, contrary to popular belief, the types of robots widely used in manufacturing …

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 … cost of lower wages. The negative impact of robots on individual earnings arises mainly for medium-skilled workers in …