Do Robots Decrease Humans' Wages?

Thomas Logchies, Tom Coupé and W. Reed ()

Working Papers in Economics from University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract: While there are studies that show a positive or negative impact of robots on wages, a meta-analysis of 2,586 estimates from fifty-two studies in this paper finds that when one looks at the literature as a whole, there is no clear evidence of a sizeable impact of robots on wages.

Keywords: Wages; Robots; Automation; Meta-analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2024-09-01
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