County-level job automation risk and health: Evidence from the United States

Pankaj C. Patel, Srikant Devaraj, Michael Hicks and Emily J. Wornell

Social Science & Medicine, 2018, vol. 202, issue C, 54-60

Abstract: Previous studies have observed a positive association between automation risk and employment loss. Based on the job insecurity-health risk hypothesis, greater exposure to automation risk could also be negatively associated with health outcomes.

Keywords: Automation risk; Labor market; County; Health; Physical health; Mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.025

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