Numeric Control machines have increased the risk of technology-induced displacement of labour in the garment sector. This …Robotics has been redefining the production process across manufacturing industries, raising serious concern about the … future of jobs and the garment sector is not isolated. The recent innovations such as "Sewbot" along with other Computer …

countries and with more robotics-related activities across US commuting zones. We also provide evidence of more rapid … further predicts that the induced adoption of automation technology should be more pronounced in industries that rely more on … aging are ambiguous when technology responds to demographic change, but we should expect productivity to increase and labor …

effects within phases of the technology life cycle. We also find that the negative impact of ICT investment on employment is … driven by the phase of the cycle when investment decelerates (and the technology is more mature). The phases of the … technology life cycles are more relevant than differences in regions' structural characteristics, such as productivity and sector …