Do robots decrease humans' wages?
| dc.contributor.author | Logchies, Thomas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-14T02:06:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-14T02:06:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Robots and how they influence labour market outcomes like wages are a current point of contention within the economic literature. Empirical studies show mixed results, and therefore, using 2,586 estimates from fifty-two studies, I undertake a meta-analysis to study the effects of robots on wages. Overall, while one can find individual studies that show a positive or negative impact of robots on wages, my analysis suggests that when we look at the literature as a whole, there is no clear evidence for a sizeable impact, as most estimates are not statistically significant, and those that are, fail to reach the minimum threshold for a small effect size. I do find evidence that differences in study characteristics lead to differences in estimated effect sizes: how wage is defined and to what extent the data are (dis)aggregated has an influence on the estimates. Finally, I find inconsistent results about whether publication bias exists in this literature. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10092/107629 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.26021/15513 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses | |
| dc.title | Do robots decrease humans' wages? | |
| dc.type | Theses / Dissertations | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Economics | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Canterbury | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Commerce | |
| uc.college | UC Business School |