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The impact on employment, unemployment and wages

In: The Robot Revolution

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This chapter reviews the theoretical literature of the impact of robots on employment, unemployment and wages. In doing so it presents a new diagrammatic analysis of the impact on the labour market. The empirical work is based on Eurobarometer data. The results found that many believe robots steal jobs, but fewer perceive robots have the ability to do their jobs. We also find that in areas with a large degree of robotisation people are less likely to be unemployed and more likely to be prosperous. There is little evidence of the effects to change with the individual’s level of education. However, the reverse side of these results are that regions with low levels of robotisation do suffer from higher unemployment and lower prosperity. Hence the results are consistent with robots causing unemployment not in the region they are located but in other regions.

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  • ., 2019. "The impact on employment, unemployment and wages," Chapters, in: The Robot Revolution, chapter 5, pages 63-86, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Tony Fang & Morley Gunderson & Carl Lin, 2021. "The impact of minimum wages on wages, wage spillovers, and employment in China: Evidence from longitudinal individual‐level data," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(2), pages 854-877, May.
    2. Elena ACULAI & Natalia DELIU, 2019. "Involvement In Business Of Young Graduates Of Vocational Education And Training Institutions: The Case Of The Republic Of Moldova," ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal, Socionet;Complexul Editorial "INCE", issue 1, pages 10-20.

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