Journal
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Volume 122, Issue -, Pages 670-684Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.051
Keywords
Emerging technology; Industrial robotics; Inclusive growth; Employment; Income inequality; Labour productivity
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- ESRC of the UK [ES/S001336/1]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [71973073]
- ESRC [ES/S001336/1, ES/J008699/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The adoption of industrial robots is significantly associated with gains in labor productivity and total employment in developed economies, while the effects are insignificant in developing countries. Increased robot adoption is linked with significantly higher income inequality in both developed and developing economies.
This paper investigates the impact of industrial robot adoption on inclusive growth based on labour market evidence from a cross-country panel dataset of 74 economies between 2004 and 2016. It finds that the adoption of industrial robots is associated with significant gains in labour productivity and total employment in developed economies, while such effects are insignificant in developing countries. Increased robot adoption is related to a significantly lower labour share of GDP in developing economies but not in developed countries. Overall, in both developed and developing economies, increased robot adoption is linked with significantly higher income in-equality, although there is no evidence of technological unemployment. Furthermore, the employment of both male and female workers is positively associated with the adoption of industrial robots in developed economies, although females benefit slightly more. In developing countries, however, only those with middle or advanced levels of education benefit from the diffusion of robots.
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