rising concerns over reshoring, our findings suggest that robots have yet promoted trade in intermediate inputs. …This paper studies the impact of robot adoption on firms' global sourcing activities. Using a rich panel dataset of … Spanish manufacturing firms, we show that robot adopting firms increased their intermediate input purchases from foreign and …

has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a … has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a …

The fourth industrial revolution: a progression toward perfection -- The obsession with automation -- Robotics … that machines cannot do. This will be especially important in the coming employment climate, when full-time jobs are likely … to decrease and industries move toward contract-based employment. He provides guidelines for identifying your individual …

model of robot adoption in which robots and low-skill workers are substitutes. As many advanced economies are facing labor …Changes in the supply of low-skill labor may affect robot adoption by firms. We test this hypothesis by exploiting an … of migrants in a municipality leads to fewer imports of robots at the firm-level. We rationalize this finding in a simple …