The latest era of the industrial revolution is the culmination of an accelerating pace of
evolution and digital transformation, one that has had a profound impact on the labor market …

We present a framework for understanding the effects of automation and other types of
technological changes on labor demand, and use it to interpret changes in US employment …

We study the microeconomic implications of robot adoption using a rich panel data set of
Spanish manufacturing firms over a 27-year period (1990–2016). We provide causal …

As a new general-purpose technology, robots have the potential to radically transform
employment and organizations. In contrast to prior studies that predict dramatic employment …

We use comprehensive micro data in the French manufacturing sector between 1994 and
2015 to document the effects of automation technologies on employment, wages, prices and …

We document the surge of economic nationalist and radical-right parties in western Europe
between the early 1990s and 2016. We discuss how economic shocks contribute to …

We use French data over the 1994–2013 period to study how imports of industrial robots
affect firm-level outcomes. Guided by a simple model, we develop a novel empirical strategy …

I use administrative data that link workers, firms, and robots in Denmark to study the
distributional impact of industrial robots. I structurally estimate a dynamic model of the firm …

We study the effects of higher labor costs on the adoption of industrial robots by Chinese
firms. We use the number of robots imported by firms from the customs data to measure the …

The degradation of the ecological environment caused by industrialization presents a major
challenge for policymakers as they aim to develop sustainability. Is there a way to balance …