Automation transforms the combination of tasks performed by machines and humans, and reshapes existing labour markets …

Systems and Economic Performance: The Case of Factory Automation represents the first in-depth analysis of a `technological … system', namely that which constitutes the context for factory automation in Sweden. From a comprehensive, multi …-disciplinary perspective, a group of researchers from three Swedish research institutes analyze Sweden's performance in factory automation …

We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular … older to middle-aged workers — is associated with greater adoption of robots and other automation technologies across … development of automation technologies in countries undergoing greater demographic change. Our directed technological change model …