Robot Imports and Firm-Level Outcomes

Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France

“…For papers using firm-level data on robots, seeDinlersoz and Wolf (2018),Bessen et al (2019),Dixen et al (2019),Bonfiglioli et al (2019),Humlum (2019), andKoch et al (2019).3 This aligns withKoch et al's (2019) findings from Spain.…”

Robots and AI

“…Absent such controls, we would conflate the potential effects of robotization with broad sectoral trends. 16 Table 2.3 displays the results of the OLS estimation. This table shows a negative correlation between exposure to robots and change in employment-topopulation ratio.…”

“…To document the geographical distribution of automation and offshoring in the US, Figure 3.5 reports two maps showing the mean of ΔRobots ct (map a) and the average change in offshoring (maps b) in each CZ over the sample period. 16 Two facts are worth highlighting. First, both variables vary substantially in space.…”

“…See, among others, for additional evidence on the growth in the usage of industrial robots in the US based on data from the IFR. 16 The change in offshoring in a CZ is constructed as ΔB_Offsh ct = ∑ j λ cjt .ΔB_Offsh jt , where ΔB_Offsh jt is the change in offshoring in industry j over period t. For each CZ, Figure 3.5 shows the mean of ΔRobots ct (map a) and the mean of ΔB_Offsh ct (map b) across all available time periods. 17 The proxies for the demographic composition of employment and the share of routine-intensive occupations are constructed following Autor, .…”

“…We collapse observations to the occupation level and divide the 92 occupations into two groups according to median offshorability. 16 Overall (dashed line), occupations with a low share of automatable tasks in 1995 experience an increase in total hours worked in subsequent years. Vice versa, occupations with a high share of automatable tasks in 1995 experience a decrease in total hours worked in subsequent years.…”