Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets

We study the effects of industrial robots on US labor markets. We showtheoretically that robots may reduce employment and wages and thattheir local impacts can be estimated using variation in exposure to ro-bots—defined from industry-level advances in robotics and local indus-try employment. We esti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acemoglu, K. Daron
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130324