and productivity, and argue for more systematic collection of the use of these technologies at the firm level. Existing … conditions under which robotics and AI complement or are substituting for labor. Further, firm-level data would also allow for …-level data could be collected and used by academics, policymakers and other researchers …

-cost) firms and laggard (high-cost) firms increase productivity when automating but that only laggard firms hire more automation … Swedish matched employer-employee data. …

We examine the implications of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) for employment and productivity, using a rich … productivity. However, such productivity gains are accompanied by a decrease in the labor share of income, suggesting a potential … robots and AI improve their labor productivity, potentially reflecting a lack of synergy. …

natural language processing of Chinese historical data. An application to identifying different forms of social unrest in the … Veritable Records of the Qing Dynasty shows that approach cuts dramatically down the cost of using primary source data at the …