In recent decades right-wing populist parties have experienced increased electoral success in many western democracies. This rise of the far-right, which is strongly built on the support of the working class, coincides with a sharp decline of the manufacturing sector. This paper analyzes the...

We estimate the effects of robot adoption on firm-level and worker-level outcomes in the Netherlands using a large employer-employee panel dataset spanning 2009-2020. Our firm-level results confirm previous findings, with positive effects on value added and hours worked for robot-adopting firms...

This study examines the effect of firm-level adoption of industrial robots on labor cost adjustments using a unique data set of Spanish manufacturing firms. Our results suggest that robot-adopting firms exhibit greater labor cost stickiness than non-adopters. Robot adoption leads to a greater...

Robots are widely used in industrial manufacturing and service industries around the world. Drawing on a large dataset of more than three million records in China, this study examines the impact of imported industrial robots on firm innovation. Using a difference-in-differences method, we find...

As 2023 begins, developments with large language models, most prominently ChatGPT, a recent offshoot of GPT-3, are generating buzz in legal technology circles. They are also triggering wariness among some in legal academia and practice. On November 30, 2022, OpenAI made ChatGPT available for...

We estimate the effects of robot adoption on firm-level and worker-level outcomes in the Netherlands using a large employer-employee panel dataset spanning 2009-2020. Our firm-level results confirm previous findings, with positive effects on value added and hours worked for robot-adopting firms...