Labor shortage and early robotization in Japan

被引：0

作者：

Deng, Liuchun ^{[1
,2
]}

Fujio, Minako ^{[3
]}

Lin, Xin ^{[4
]}

Ota, Rui ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Econ, 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570, Singapore

[2] Yale NUS Coll, Div Social Sci, 16 Coll Ave West, Singapore 138527, Singapore

[3] Yokohama Natl Univ, Dept Econ, 79-4 Tokiwadai,Hodogaya Ku, Yokohama 2408501, Japan

[4] Anhui Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agr Econ & Informat, 40 Nongke South Rd, Hefei 230041, Anhui, Peoples R China

[5] Yokohama City Univ, Sch Econ & Business Adm, 22-2 Seto,Kanazawa Ku, Yokohama 2360027, Japan

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2023年 / 233卷

关键词：

Robots; Labor shortage; Automation; Occupation;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111404

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we study how labor shortage contributed to the rise of robots in the early stage of robotization in Japan from 1978 to 1991. Based on the newly digitalized industry-level data on labor shortage, we demonstrate that the shortage of unskilled factory workers is strongly positively associated with subsequent robot adoption. We also find the effect of the shortage of skilled factory workers on robot adoption to be negative, suggesting a potentially complementary role of skilled labor in the process of automation.

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