Based on the expectation that the intensified use of robots contributes to the growth of labour productivity, this …, the model is used to assess the impact of an increase of robots use on the labour productivity in each of the 9 …. The empirical results for the models pooling all available data confirm that stocks of robots per 1 million Euros non …

robots. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative, impact on robot …) Robot use is relatively rare with only 1.55% German plants using robots in 2018. (2) The distribution of robots is highly …Using a newly collected dataset of robot use at the plant level from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first microscopic …

: (1) Robot use is relatively rare with only 1.55% German plants using robots in 2018. (2) The robot distribution is highly … probability of robot adoption. However, controlling for plant size, we find that plant-level productivity has no, if not negative …Using a newly collected dataset with plant-level information of robot use from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first …

-cost) firms and laggard (high-cost) firms increase productivity when automating but that only laggard firms hire more automation …-level automation workforce probabilities, which reveal the extent to which a firms' workforce can be replaced by new AI and robotic …