Industrial robots, Workers’ safety, and health
This study explores the relationship between the adoption of industrial robots and workplace injuries. Using establishment-level data on injuries, we find that a one standard deviation increase in our commuting zone-level measure of robot exposure reduces work-related annual injury rates by approxim...
Main Authors: | Gihleb, R. (Author), Giuntella, O. (Author), Stella, L. (Author), Wang, T. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2022
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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