Technological progress may be less beneficial for older workers than younger workers. In this paper, we empirically examine the impact of technological change on the wage share of older workers. More specifically, we look at five different types of technological advancement using data from 30...

Robotics technology and the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence are breakthrough innovations with significant growth prospects and the potential to disrupt existing economic and social facets of everyday life. Few studies have analyzed the developments of robotics innovation....

As a new service principal, service robots have been increasingly penetrating into service industries. However, it is still unclear whether robots should be introduced to replace or cooperate with human staff as a service principal. To explore into this issue, we establish models about four...

Combining datasets from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service, the International Federation of Robotics, EUKLEMS, and COMTRADE, we study the causal effect of industrial automation on income inequality in the U.S. during 2010–2015. We exploit spatial and time variations in...

This paper investigates the effects of labor automation on fertility timing decisions using European panel data, by constructing a measure of local exposure to industrial robotics, and by adopting a Fixed Effect with Two-Stages Least Squares methodology. Higher exposure is associated with an...

Intelligent manufacturing offers opportunities for green technology innovation at a low cost, helps eliminate outdated equipment, and improves pollution efficiency, which is essential for environmental protection. From the perspective of the industrial sector, based on the data of 269 Chinese...