Do robots really destroy jobs? Evidence from Europe

While citizen opinion polls reveal that Europeans are concerned about the labour market consequences of technological progress, our understanding actual significance this association is still imperfect. In article, authors assess relationship between robot adoption and employment in Europe. Combining industry-level data on by skill type with using different sets fixed-effects techniques, study finds use associated an increase aggregate employment. Contrary to some previous studies, do not find evidence robots reducing share low-skill workers across Since overwhelming majority industrial used manufacturing, findings should be interpreted outside manufacturing context. However, results hold when including non-manufacturing sectors they robust a wide range assumptions econometric specifications.