in the exposure to robots, at the congressional district level. An increase in one robot per a thousand workers reduces … consequences of this development for the political influence of organized labor? I posit that robots make (skilled) workers more … of organized labor falls in response to robot adoption because unionization declines. I provide evidence for my claims …

We examine how the adoption of digital automation technology affects labor demand, operations and profitability in the … context of the logistics industry. Our data covers 9,300 digital automation projects in a multinational company involving … service robots and machine learning-based software from 2019 to 2021, alongside fine-grained labor and operations data. To …

proxy for the robotization of production, we find evidence indicating that automation reduces the negative effects …

proxy for the robotization of production, we find evidence indicating that automation reduces the negative effects of …

proxy for the robotization of production, we find evidence indicating that automation reduces the negative effects …

the robotization of production, we find evidence indicating that automation reduces the negative effects of unfavorable …

negative employment spillovers outside manufacturing, caused by robots but not by Chinese imports, are an important mechanism … manufacturing since the late 1990s - Chinese import competition and the introduction of industrial robots. Exploiting plausibly … exogenous variation in exposure across US local labor markets over time, we show that robots caused a sizable reduction in …