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La robotica y automatizacion no destruye empleo
21 June 2015
The study 'Robots at Work' (Robots at work), published in February 2015 analyzes the impact of the growing automation in the economic development of 17 countries. Its authors Georg Graetz of the University of Uppsala and Guy Michaels, of the London School of Economics, however, come to a different conclusion. On average, a good part of the growth of 10% of GDP and 15% of the productivity gains were attributable to greater use of the robot. Experts found no employment reduction, but rather an increase in wages.
This article was published online by InfoPLC on June 21, 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