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Using firm-level data from Spain, we investigate robot abandonment, a phenomenon neglected by the literature, and find that a substantial proportion of robot
adoption is non-permanent. We also find that (i) firms are most likely to derobotize
shortly after robotization; (ii) derobotization rates are higher among smaller firms;
and (iii) labor deman...
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... results of our estimation are shown in Table 9. Compared to our previous estimates, the coefficient on firm size increases significantly in specification 1 to 3. Once a control for industry is included, the coefficient on size decreases in magnitude but remains higher than the baseline estimates. ...Similar publications
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