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Will a robot take your job?

6 August 2016

In a 2015 study, ''Robots at Work'', economists at Sweden's Uppsala University and the London School of Economics looked at the economic impact of robots from 1993 to 2007. They found that the use of robots in advanced economies led to both higher productivity and wages, but did reduce the hours worked by those in unskilled occupations.

This article was published online by Investor's Business Daily - Politics on August 6, 2016
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Related publications
Robots at work: the impact on productivity and jobs, Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 20, Issue 1 Summer 2015
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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