Krenz, Astrid; Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2020
sectors, an increase by one robot per 1000 workers is associated with a 3.5% increase of reshoring activity. Using robots in …. Our theory suggests that increasing productivity in automation leads to a relocation of previously offshored production … back to the home economy but without improving low-skilled wages and without creating jobs for low-skilled workers. Since …