Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155784 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences No. 07-2017
Publisher: 
Universität Hohenheim, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Stuttgart
Abstract: 
We analyze the long-run growth effects of automation in the standard overlap- ping generations framework. We show that, in contrast to other neoclassical models of capital accumulation, automation does not promote growth but induces economic stagnation. The reason is that automation suppresses wages, which are the only source of investment in the overlapping generations framework.
Subjects: 
automation
robots
investment
stagnation
economic growth
overlapping generations model
JEL: 
J10
J20
O14
O33
O41
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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