Economic Complexity and Robot Adoption

Fernando Barros, Bruno Delalibera and Marcos Ribeiro

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Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between economic complexity and industrial robot adoption. Using panel data for 61 countries from 1996 to 2022, we find that higher robot density is significantly associated with greater economic complexity. This positive relationship remains robust after controlling for per capita income, human capital, institutional quality, and other relevant factors. Notably, the complexity-enhancing effect of robots is stronger in countries with a larger share of low-skilled workers.

Keywords: economic; complexity; robot; density; economic; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-25, Revised 2025-06-01
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