Who is Replaced by Robots? Robotization and the Risk of Unemployment for Different Types of Workers

We study the effects of robotization on unemployment risk for different types workers. examine extent to which increases inequality at skill level and occupational using two theoretical frameworks: skill-biased technological change task-biased change. Empirically, we combine worker-level data with information actual investments in industrial robots. Zooming German manufacturing industry, our multivariate results show that affects workers differently. do not observe an increase low- medium-skilled, but find a considerably lower among high-skilled Moreover, is significantly higher occupations highly substitutable tasks, only industries invest largely