Robotics Research Grants are a policy where the government grants scientists money for researching robotics.
These grants will immediately provide a small reduction in Unemployment as more researchers are hired by firms receiving the grants. As time goes on, the automation provides by the boost in robotics research will raise the level of Technology and increase worker Productivity. However, this automation removes the need for many unskilled jobs involving manual labor, so this policy upsets Trade Unionists and - if the grants are above 16% - will eventually cause more Unemployment than it removed.
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A special grant to encourage research in robotics. Robotics is a very long term area of research which will eventually bring about vast boosts in productivity, but at the same time it will reduce the amount of low or semi-skilled jobs in the economy, and thus potentially lead to higher unemployment.