a sample of advanced economies. Institutions explain a substantial proportion of cross-country variation in automation … vulnerable to holdup. This suggests that automation is used by producers as a tool to thwart rent appropriation by labor. …

We investigate the impact of robot adoption on electoral outcomes in 14 Western European countries, between 1993 and … ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure exposure to automation both at the regional level, based on the ex …-sample employment patterns in the region of residence. We instrument robot adoption in each country using the pace of robot adoption in …

We investigate the impact of robot adoption on electoral outcomes in 14 Western European countries, between 1993 and … ideology scores from the Manifesto Project. We measure exposure to automation both at the regional level, based on the ex …-sample employment patterns in the region of residence. We instrument robot adoption in each country using the pace of robot adoption in …

on regional industry specialization before the advent of robots combined with the growth of robot adoption by industry … regions affected by intense robot penetration experienced a decrease in new marriages, and an increase in both divorce and …-of-wedlock births. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the changes in labor markets triggered by robot adoption …

We analyze the effects of automation on the wages of high-skilled and low- skilled workers and thereby on the evolution …

Digitalization is the buzzword under which profound changes of the labor market can be summarized. Next to automation …

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 …, suggesting that a 1% increase in population growth is associated with an approximately 2% reduction in the growth rate of robot …