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The Huffington Post (Germany):
Mensch und Roboter: zusammen unschlagbar

13 June 2015

Humans and robots: together unbeatable
The current study ''Robots at Work'' by Graetz and Michaels (Uppsala University and London School of Economics), which examines the impact of increasing automation on the economic development of 17 countries, concludes that: On average, over 10 percent of the increase in gross domestic product and 15 percent of the productivity gains were due to the increased use of robots. This is comparable to the influence of the steam engine in the industrial revolution.

This article was published by The Huffington Post on June 13, 2015
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Related publications
'Robots at Work', Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1335, March 2015

Related links
Georg Graetz webpage
Guy Michaels webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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