Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; Crinò, Rosario; Fadinger, Harald - 2020
between robot imports and employment, exogenous changes in automation lead to job losses. We also find that robot imports …. Compared to other firms operating in the same 5-digit sector, robot importers are larger, more productive, and employ a higher … share of managers and engineers. Over time, robot import occurs after periods of expansion in firm size, and is followed by …