@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15791,
            	author={Mann, Katja and Pozzoli, Dario},
            	title={Automation and Low-Skill Labor},
            	year={2022},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={15791},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15791},
	abstract={Changes in the supply of low-skill labor may affect robot adoption by firms. We test this hypothesis by exploiting an exogenous increase in the local labor supply induced by a large influx of immigrants into Danish municipalities. Using the Danish employer-employee matched dataset over the period 1995-2019, we show in a shift-share regression that a larger share of migrants in a municipality leads to fewer imports of robots at the firm-level. We rationalize this finding in a simple model of robot adoption in which robots and low-skill workers are substitutes. As many advanced economies are facing labor shortages, this paper sheds light on the future of robotization. },
	keywords={labor supply;immigration;robots;shift-share},
            }