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The likely Locus of search robots and packaging of 25 thousand square meter warehouse helps to increase the productivity of the warehouse up to 800 percent. A previous study of Georg Graetz scientists and Guy Michaels (... Read more...
16 August 2016
Davvero i robot ci ruberanno il lavoro? A che cosa serve davvero l'automazione? Tutte queste predicazioni hanno in comune di invitare i popoli ad abbandonare qualsiasi progetto di poter in qualche modo essere protagonist... Read more...
12 August 2016
Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels (2014) teachers at the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and the LSE, have written a study called 'Robots at Work' that has examined the effects of the use of robots in 14 manufacturing sectors... Read more...
14 December 2015
Earlier this year in a blog entitled ''Robots are infiltrating the growth statistics,'' the Brookings Institution commented on jointly conducted new research from Uppsala University and the London School of Economics, wh... Read more...
09 December 2015
Ever since Thatcher's Teesside stroll, breathing life into blighted areas has met with mixed success. Understanding what might work is a step in the right direction. Professor Alan Manning of the London School of Econ... Read more...
03 October 2015
Two economics professors have studied the impact the machines have had on employment, and their findings painted a positive picture. Uppsala University's Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels from the London School of Economics ... Read more...
02 September 2015
Uppsala University's Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels from the London School of Economics looked at productivity ... The interview was published online by Eagle Radio News on September 2, 2015 [Link unavailable] Relate... Read more...
The economic benefits of industrial robots installed since the early 1990s have been similar to those of the railways in the 19th century, US highways in the 20th century, and information and communications technologies ... Read more...
01 September 2015
Discussion of LSE research on robots. HOST: THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS DID A STUDY ON THE USE OF ROBOTS. SOME OF THE THINGS THEY FOUND OUR THAT IN 17 COUNTRIES THE USE OF ROBOTS INCREASED... The filmed interview wa... Read more...
Uppsala University's Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels from the London School of Economics looked at productivity and employment in a variety of countries between 1993 and 2007 to see if the trepidation about the increased u... Read more...
Article by Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels The authors say that: ''Industrial robots boost productivity and growth, but effect on jobs is an open question''. This article was published online by the LSE Business Review o... Read more...
13 August 2015
In a new paper from London's Center for Economic Research [sic] George Graetz, of Uppsala University, and Guy Michaels, of London School of Economics found that industrial robots have actually driven labor productivity a... Read more...
Article by Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels Robots may seem dangerous not only to cinema action heroes but also to the average manufacturing worker. To assess whether such concerns are well founded, Guy Michaels and Georg ... Read more...
10 August 2015
A February study by economists Georg Graetz of Uppsala University and Guy Michaels of the London School of Economics (LSE), using data from the International Federation of Robotics, has shown that robots of the same qual... Read more...
01 July 2015
Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots' potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their economic effects. Researchers analyzed for the first time the economic impact of industrial robots, us... Read more...
20 June 2015
Scientists Georg Graetz of the Uppsala University and Guy Michaels of the London School of Economics come to the following conclusion: the average over 10 percent of increase of the gross domestic product and 15 percent ... Read more...
19 June 2015
In fact, there is not much evidence on how even today's automation is affecting employment. Guy Michaels and his colleague Georg Graetz at the London School of Economics recently looked at the impact of industrial robots... Read more...
16 June 2015
Georg Graetz of the Swedish University of Uppsala, and Guy Michaels, of the London School of Economics, consider them, that the automation of services as the industry will perform well, but on one, or even two generation... Read more...
14 June 2015
Dr Keyu Jin was interviewed about China's industrial output gains. The interview was published online by Bloomberg's The Pulse on June 11, 2015 [No link available.] Related links Keyu Jin webpage Globalisati... Read more...
11 June 2015
Article by Keyu Jin Keyu Jin calls for greater credit access and lower entry barriers for China's private-sector firms to flourish and create employment. This article was published by the South China Morning Post on Ju... Read more...
03 June 2015
Most economies across the globe have a low, or even shrinking, share of manufacturing jobs. At the same, such firms are increasingly embracing the use of robots in the workplace. Brookings Institute researchers use two ... Read more...
30 April 2015
There's no relationship visible in the numbers between the change in factory employment and robot use, says Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In a blog post, he and Brookings colleague Scott Andes to... Read more...