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Robots and Export Quality

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dc.contributor.authorDeStefano, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorTimmis, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-02T13:21:07Z
dc.date.available2021-06-02T13:21:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.description.abstractRobots are rapidly becoming a key part of manufacturing in developed and emerging economies. This paper examines a new channel for how automation can affect international trade: quality upgrading. Automation can reduce production errors, particularly of repetitive processes, leading to higher quality products. The effects of robot use on export quality are estimated, by combining cross-country and cross-industry data on industrial robots with detailed Harmonized System 10-digit trade data. Robot diffusion in (preexisting) foreign customers is used as an instrumental variable to predict robot adoption in the home country-industry. The findings show that robot diffusion leads to increases in the quality of exported products. Quality improvements are predominantly driven by the upgrading of developing country exports; and within countries, quality improvements are driven by upgrading of (initially) lower-quality exports of developed and developing countries. The paper also finds some differences in the type of robots—sophisticated or more basic—associated with quality gains in developing and developed economies.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915351622137193881/Robots-and-Export-Quality
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9678
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35639
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9678
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectROBOTS
dc.subjectAUTOMATION
dc.subjectPRODUCT QUALITY
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectGLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.titleRobots and Export Qualityen
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okr.crossref.titleRobots and Export Quality
okr.date.disclosure2021-05-27
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:08:57.133683Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-23T02:23:14.464795Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915351622137193881/Robots-and-Export-Quality
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9678
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915351622137193881/pdf/Robots-and-Export-Quality.pdfen
okr.topicIndustry::Industrial Economics
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Export Competitiveness
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, East Asia and the Pacific Region
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