近日，劳动人事学院劳动经济系邹先强副教授的合作论文Robots as guardians: Industrial automation and workplace safety in China（合作者：Wei Luo, Lixin Tang, and Yaxin Yang）在发展经济学顶级刊物Journal of Development Economics上在线发表。

论文摘要

Industrial robots can improve workplace safety by performing hazardous tasks on behalf of workers. This paper examines the impact of industrial robots on workplace safety in China. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in robot exposure reduces annual workplace accidents and fatalities by 0.100 and 0.0133 cases per thousand population, compared to sample averages of 0.122 accidents and 0.0351 fatalities. These findings are robust to an instrumental variable strategy and various robustness checks. Our analysis of injuries in household surveys and Baidu search activities reinforces these results. Using an accounting framework, we show that the safety improvement is not driven by the mechanical effects of robot-induced employment reduction. Instead, within-occupation improvement in workplace safety plays a more crucial role.

论文链接：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103381

作者简介

邹先强，中国人民大学劳动人事学院劳动经济系副教授，硕士生导师，国家发展与战略研究院研究员，共同富裕研究院研究员，国家中小企业研究院研究员、全球劳动组织（GLO）会员，经济学博士。主要研究领域为劳动经济学、发展经济学、中国经济，博士毕业于香港科技大学商学院经济系。主持国家自然科学基金青年项目，以及多项省部级课题。论文发表于Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Population Economics以及《中国农村经济》等期刊，其中部分研究成果分别被China Economist以及《人大报刊复印资料》等转载。