Job Creators or Job Killers? Heterogeneous Effects of Industrial Robots on UK Employment

IF 0.7 Q4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

Labour-England Pub Date : 2021-01-29 DOI:10.1111/labr.12192

Joel Kariel

引用次数: 3

Abstract

There is concern about robots taking our jobs. This analysis looks at the impact of industrial robot adoption in the UK. Using a novel instrument to deal with endogeneity of robot adoption, estimates suggest that higher robot use is associated with increased employment and some evidence of a positive effect on part-time pay, contrary to evidence from other countries. However, there is a large amount of heterogeneity across industries. The results show that industrial robots have directly replaced workers in automobile manufacturing. On the other hand, they have had positive effects on other areas of the labour market such as services.

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就业创造者还是就业杀手?工业机器人对英国就业的异质效应

人们担心机器人会抢走我们的工作。本分析着眼于英国采用工业机器人的影响。使用一种新的工具来处理机器人采用的内生性，估计表明，更高的机器人使用与增加就业和对兼职工资产生积极影响的一些证据有关，与其他国家的证据相反。然而，跨行业存在大量的异质性。结果表明，工业机器人已经直接取代了汽车制造业的工人。另一方面，它们对劳动力市场的其他领域，如服务业，产生了积极影响。

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Labour-England INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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1.30

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16.70%

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