Robots, skill demand and manufacturing in US regional labour markets
Nancey Green Leigh,
Benjamin Kraft and
Heonyeong Lee
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 77-97
Abstract:
Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology have spurred a re-examination of technology’s impacts on jobs and the economy. This article reviews several key contributions to the current jobs/AI debate, discusses their limitations and offers a modified approach, analysing two quantitative models in tandem. One uses robot stock data from the International Federation of Robotics as the primary indicator of robot use, whereas the other uses online job postings requiring robot-related skills. Together, the models suggest that since the Great Recession ended, robots have contributed positively to manufacturing employment in the USA at the metropolitan level.
Keywords: robotics; manufacturing; economic development; employment skills; technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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