Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility

Massimo Anelli, Osea Giuntella and Luca Stella

Journal of Human Resources, 2024, vol. 59, issue 2, 443-469

Abstract: This study examines how the exposure to robots and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus on the United States and find that in regions that were more exposed to robots, gender gaps in income and labor force participation declined, reducing the relative economic stature of men. Robot penetration also triggered an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline—albeit nonsignificant—in the number of marriages. While there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital births.

JEL-codes: J12 J13 J21 J23 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1020-11223R1
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