Do robots really destroy jobs? Evidence from Europe.

Autor/inn/en	Klenert, David; Fernández-Macías, Enrique; Antón, José-Ignacio
Titel	Do robots really destroy jobs? Evidence from Europe. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Zerstören Roboter wirklich Arbeitsplätze? Erkenntnisse aus Europa.
Quelle	In: Economic and industrial democracy, 44 (2023) 1, S. 280-316 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-831X; 1461-7099
DOI	10.1177/0143831x211068891
Schlagwörter	Automatisierung; Industrieroboter; Beschäftigungseffekt; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Arbeitsplatzabbau; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifikation; Internationaler Vergleich; Anwendung; Auswirkung; Sektorale Verteilung; Europäische Union; Europa
Abstract	"While citizen opinion polls reveal that Europeans are concerned about the labour market consequences of technological progress, our understanding of the actual significance of this association is still imperfect. In this article, the authors assess the relationship between robot adoption and employment in Europe. Combining industry-level data on employment by skill type with data on robot adoption and using different sets of fixed-effects techniques, the study finds that robot use is associated with an increase in aggregate employment. Contrary to some previous studies, the authors do not find evidence of robots reducing the share of low-skill workers across Europe. Since the overwhelming majority of industrial robots are used in manufacturing, the findings should not be interpreted outside of the manufacturing context. However, the results still hold when including non-manufacturing sectors and they are robust across a wide range of assumptions and econometric specifications." The study refers to the period 1995-2015 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2025/3