The Impact of Robots on Labour Market Transitions in Europe

Ronald Bachmann, Myrielle Gonschor (), Piotr Lewandowski and Karol Madoń ()
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Myrielle Gonschor: RWI
Karol Madoń: Institute for Structural Research (IBS)

No 15303, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries between 1998-2017. Overall, we find small negative effects on job separations and small positive effects on job findings. Labour costs are shown to be a major driver of cross-country differences: the effects of robot exposure are generally larger in absolute terms in countries with low or average levels of labour costs than in countries with high levels of labour costs. These effects are particularly pronounced for workers in occupations intensive in routine manual or routine cognitive tasks, but are insignificant in occupations intensive in non-routine cognitive tasks. For young and old workers in countries with low levels of labour costs, robot exposure had a beneficial effect on transitions. Our results imply that robot adoption increased employment and reduced unemployment most in the European countries with low or average levels of labour costs.

Keywords: robots; technological change; tasks; labour market flows; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J24 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 65 pages
Date: 2022-05
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Published - published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , 2024, 70, 422-441

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Journal Article: The impact of Robots on Labour market transitions in Europe (2024)
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Working Paper: The impact of robots on labour market transitions in Europe (2022)
Working Paper: The impact of robots on labour market transitions in Europe (2022)
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