We analyse the effects of declining population growth on automation. Theoretical considerations imply that countries … with lower population growth introduce automation technologies faster than those with higher population growth. We test the … in the growth rate of robot density. Our results are robust to the inclusion of standard control variables, different …

processes? The present paper addresses this question in a new macroeconomic model of automation where competitive firms perform … and substitute for labor in the performance of tasks. Automation is labor-augmenting in the reduced-form aggregate … though the aggregate production function is Cobb-Douglas. Population aging due to a higher longevity reduces automation in …

robot tax that has featured prominently in the policy debate on automation and show that it could raise the capital stock …We analyze the long-run growth effects of automation in the canonical overlapping generations framework. While … automation implies constant returns to capital within this model class (even in the absence of technological progress), we show …