Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252180 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15056
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In a model with robots, and automatable and complementary human tasks, we examine robot-labour substitutions and show how it they are influenced by a country's "innovation system". Substitution depends on demand and production elasticities, and other factors influenced by the innovation system. Making use of World Economic Forum data we estimate the relationship for thirteen countries and find that countries with poor innovation capabilities substitute robots for workers much more than countries with richer innovation capabilities, which generally complement them. In transport equipment and non-manufacturing robots and workers are stronger substitutes than in other manufacturing.
Subjects: 
robots-employment substitution
automatable tasks
complementary task creation
innovation environment
industrial allocations
JEL: 
J23
L60
O33
O52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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