Recent evidence suggests that automation technologies entail a trade-off between productivity gains and employment …. It shows significant productivity and employment gains from automation in Indonesian manufacturing during the years 2008 … plausible reasons for the absence of this trade-off. First, it documents the presence of diminishing productivity returns to …

We investigate the impact of product market competition on firms’ automation investments. We use a rich combination of … competition in export markets tend to reduce investments in automation technologies. These average negative effects are driven by … the least productive firms, while the most efficient exporters in industries that are more prone to automation tend to …

occurred simultaneously, is the reduction of the total factor productivity during the emergence of the computerage - the so … called productivity paradox. This contribution offers a simple unified solution to both of these puzzles and explains the … share of individuals who choose a less productive qualification may lead to a transitory slowdown of the productivity growth …

investments in railways, faster structural change, and higher firm productivity. We also find that the change of political power …

occured simultaneously, is the reduction of the total factor productivity during the emergence of the computerage - the so … called productivity paradox. This contribution offers a simple unified solution to both of these puzzles and explains the … share of individuals who choose a less productive qualification may lead to a transitory slowdown of the productivity growth …