We study the impact of rising robot exposure on the careers of individual manufacturing workers, and the equilibrium impact across industries and local labor markets in Germany. We find no evidence that robots cause total job losses, but they do affect the composition of aggregate employment....

The current globalisation process is characterized by the emergence of global value chains. That is, production processes are becoming increasingly geographically fragmented. Not only are final goods traded internationally, but in particular, trade in intermediate goods and services has...

Seit den 90er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts gab es einen Disput in der angelsächsischen Literatur über die empirische Relevanz konkurrierender Ansätze zum steigenden Lohndifferential zwischen qualifizierten und geringer qualifizierten Arbeitskräften in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika:...