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The effect of robots on firm performance and employment / by Jay Dixon.CS11-626/2020-126E-PDF

"This article examines the impact of robot investment on firm performance and employment at the enterprise level. The analysis is based on a data set on robot purchases derived from data on imports, combined with data from National Accounts Longitudinal Microdata File (NALMF) and from the Workplace and Employee Survey (WES). Investments in robots have been concentrated in the manufacturing sector, with the automotive industry making particularly large investments prior to the year 2008. Recent investments have been in robots with a broader range of capabilities performing tasks in a broader range of industries. Robots raise firms’ productivity, but they are associated with the firm hiring more, rather than fewer workers. Robots appear to change the types of human skillsfirms require, however"--Page 1.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleThe effect of robots on firm performance and employment / by Jay Dixon.
Series title
  • Economic insights, 1927-503X ; no. 126
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: L’effet des robots sur le rendement et l’emploi des entreprises.
  • Cover title.
  • "Catalogue no. 11-626-X - 2020024 - No. 126."
  • "Release date: November 2, 2020."
  • Issued also in HTML format.
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 8).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2020.
  • ©2020
Author / Contributor
  • Dixon, Jay, author.
Description1 online resource (8 pages) : maps, graphs.
ISBN9780660361666
Catalogue number
  • CS11-626/2020-126E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number11-626-X
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