long time. In fact, these automation technologies arguably had their biggest employment impact generations ago, partially … explaining changes in employment structures in agricultural and manufacturing sectors that go back to the Industrial Revolution …. Thus, the potential employment effects of current robot technology are a priori limited. …

This article analyses shifts in employment structures in a selection of eight EU countries (the Czech Republic, Germany …, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Sweden), as well as employment dynamics at the aggregate EU level. This is done … being the only country of our sample that experienced net employment losses from 1997 to 2007. During the financial crisis …

. Specifically, we look at the effect of the usage of industrial robots on jobs and employment structures across European regions. We … initial distribution of employment by industry across regions. Our estimates suggest that the effect of robots on employment … overwhelming majority of model specifications and assumptions. Regarding the effects on employment structures, we find some …