Arbeitspapier

How Robots Change Within-Firm Wage Inequality

Using novel matched employer-employee register data with firm-level information on the introduction of industrial robots, this paper analysis the impact of robots on the wages of workers in the manufacturing sector. The results show that industrial robots increase wages for high-skilled workers relative to low-skilled workers, hence robots increases the skill-premium within firms. Furthermore, we find that employees in managerial positions benefit more from robotisation than those in STEM or professional occupations. Overall, our results suggest that the introduction of industrial robots has a positive effect on the average wages of manufacturing workers in Norway.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13605

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics: General
Labor Economics Policies
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Thema
automation
robotisation
labour economics
wages
technological change

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Barth, Erling
Roed, Marianne
Schone, Pal
Umblijs, Janis
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2020

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Barth, Erling
  • Roed, Marianne
  • Schone, Pal
  • Umblijs, Janis
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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