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

older to middle-aged workers — is associated with greater adoption of robots and other automation technologies across … from country industry variation in the adoption of robots. Our model also implies that the productivity implications of …We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular …

Digitalization is the buzzword under which profound changes of the labor market can be summarized. Next to automation …, i.e., the increasing use of robots, "intelligent" machines and more comprehensive algorithms that is no longer …

Based on the methodology proposed by Frey and Osborne (2017), we use their estimates for the probability of automation … assessment for the threat that automation may pose to the Mexican labor market. We find that almost two thirds of total … employment is at high risk of automation; slightly more than half if we only consider employment in the formal sector. We argue …

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 … specifications, and changes to the measurement of the stock of robots. …

artificial intelligence seem to offer a vast potential to boost productivity and living standards. However, aggregate … productivity growth has declined sharply across the OECD over the past decades. Estonia is no exception, though it is well placed … digital infrastructure and world-leading e-government services. Turning this potential into a productivity boost necessitates …

Based on the methodology proposed by Frey and Osborne (2017), we use their estimates for the probability of automation … assessment for the threat that automation may pose to the Mexican labor market. We find that almost two thirds of total … employment is at high risk of automation; slightly more than half if we only consider employment in the formal sector. We argue …

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 …

robots, and a productivity-enhancing reallocation of labor across firms, away from non-adopters, and toward adopters. … manufacturing firms over a 27-year period (1990-2016). We focus on three central questions: (1) Which firms adopt robots? (2) What …-ante larger and more productive firms are more likely to adopt robots, while ex-ante more skill-intensive firms are less likely to …