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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Main Author: Acemoglu, K. Daron (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, 2021-04-01T14:03:10Z.
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