What are the socio-economic effects of the widespread introduction of robots, algorithms and digital technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning? Following Frey and Osborne (London futures agiletown: the relentless march of technology and London’s response. Deloitte, 2014; The...

What are the socio-economic effects of the widespread introduction of robots, algorithms and digital technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning? Following Frey & Osborne (2014, 2017), we apply the computerization probabilities to occupations in Austria. We conclude that about...

The relation between firms' productivity level and the age composition of the employees is assessed using a unique dataset from Austria. The Austrian industry is decomposed into groups belonging to different ICT categories in order to test whether age structure effects differ between ICT related...

We assess the relation between firms' productivity levels and the age composition of the employees using a unique Austrian dataset. We control for firm-specific characteristics (including number of employees, firm type and size) as well as employees' characteristics (including age, length and...