The contribution of robots to productivity growth in 30 OECD countries over 1975–2019

Gilbert Cette, Aurélien Devillard and Vincenzo Spiezia

Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 200, issue C

Abstract: Using a new and original database, our paper contributes to the growth accounting literature by singling out the contribution of robots through two channels: capital deepening and TFP. The contribution of robots to productivity growth through capital deepening and TFP appears to have been significant in Germany and Japan in the sub-period 1975–1995 and in several Eastern European countries in 2005–2019. However, robotization does not appear to be the source of a significant revival in productivity.

Keywords: Growth; Productivity; Robots (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O33 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109762

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