We reassess the impact that robotization has on wages and employment, using a database on US commuting zones from 1990 to 2007. Using an argument based on the transitional dynamics we show that the negative displacement effects of robotization can be surpassed by productivity and reallocation effects, leading to positive effects on employment after a certain level of penetration in industry. In fact, we confirm this effect through regressions that are subject to different robustness checks. Previous evidence according to which robotization always decreases employment and wages are thus not confirmed.

中文翻译：

---

机器人并不总是对就业和工资不利

我们使用 1990 年至 2007 年美国通勤区的数据库重新评估机器人化对工资和就业的影响。 使用基于过渡动态的论证，我们表明机器人化的负位移效应可以被生产力和重新分配效应超越，在行业渗透达到一定程度后对就业产生积极影响。事实上，我们通过接受不同稳健性检查的回归来确认这种影响。因此，机器人化总是会减少就业和工资的先前证据并未得到证实。