Robots are taking our jobs, with those in the manufacturing industry feeling the most impact, a new research report says.
For every robot per thousand workers, about six workers lost their jobs, according to economists Daron Acemoglu of M.I.T. and Pascual Restrepo of Boston University, who conducted the study for the private, nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research.
That amounts to 670,000 manufacturing jobs lost during the period covered by the study: 1990 to 2007. In addition, wages fell by as much as 0.7 percent during that time.Some workers in certain areas were more affected than others. “Our measure of exposure […]
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