Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246310 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2020
Version Description: 
This version: 16th December 2020
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
Whereas there are recent papers on the effect of robot adoption on employment and wages, there is no evidence on how robots affect non-monetaryworking conditions. We explore the impact of robot adoption on several domains of non-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995-2005 combining information from the World Robotics Survey and the European Working Conditions Survey. Aiming to deal with the possible endogeneity of robot deployment, we employ an instrumental variables strategy,using the robot exposure by sector in other developed countries as an instrument. Our results indicate that robotization has a negative impact on the quality of work in the dimension of work intensity and no relevant impact on the domains of physical environment or skills and discretion.
Subjects: 
robotization
working conditions
job quality
Europe
regional labour markets
JEL: 
J24
J81
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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