We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries. Overall, we find small negative …-country differences: in countries with lower labour costs, robot exposure had more positive effects on hirings and more negative effects … workers in countries with lower labour costs, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on transitions. Our results imply that …

We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries. Overall, we find small negative …-country differences: the effects of robot exposure are generally larger in absolute terms in countries with low or average levels of …-routine cognitive tasks. For young and old workers in countries with lower labour costs, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on …