This work investigates the impact that the change in the exposure to robots had on the Italian local employment … dynamics over the period 2011-2018. A novel empirical strategy focusing on a match between occupations' activities and robots … employed as robot operators and in occupations deemed exposed to robots. In a framework consistently centered on workers' and …

This paper analyses data on industrial robots in European manufacturing sectors, focusing on their applications and … wage levels and robot prices. We argue that, contrary to popular belief, the types of robots widely used in manufacturing … technology is better understood as the most recent iteration of industrial automation technologies that have existed for a very …

this paper, we examine the potential effect of the rise of robotic technology on health. The results of the analysis … suggest that higher penetration of industrial robots in the local labor market is positively related to the health of the low …-skilled population. A ten percent increase in robots per 1,000 workers is associated with an approximately 10% reduction in the fraction …

well as traditional and automation capital (e.g. robots). Robots can substitute for routine labor. We show that both … robot technology increases long-run output per capita. In both cases, inequalities in labor income, wealth and consumption …