Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263739 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9809
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This study explores the relationship between the adoption of industrial robots and workplace injuries. Using establishment-level data on injuries, we find that a one standard deviation increase in our commuting zone-level measure of robot exposure reduces work-related annual injury rates by approximately 1.2 cases per 100 workers. US commuting zones more exposed to robot penetration experience a significant increase in drug- or alcohol-related deaths and mental health problems. Employing longitudinal data from Germany, we exploit within-individual changes in robot exposure and document that a one standard deviation change in robot exposure led to a 4% decline in physical job intensity and a 5% decline in disability, but no evidence of significant effects on mental health and work and life satisfaction.
Subjects: 
robot-exposure
work-related health risks
JEL: 
I10
J00
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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