Robots and the gender pay gap in Europe

Could robotization make the gender pay gap worse? We provide the first large-scale evidence on the impact of industrial robots on the gender pay gap using data from 20 European countries. We show that robot adoption increases both male and female earnings but also increases the gender pay gap. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find that a ten per cent increase in robotization leads to a 1.8 per cent increase in the gender pay gap. These results are mainly driven by countries with high levels of gender inequality and outsourcing destination countries. We then explore the mechanisms be ... Show more

Authors: Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Ozcan, Berkay; Philipp, Julia

Published: Bonn, Germany, IZA, 2020

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 48 p.

Access item: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/13482/robots-and-the-gender-pay-gap-in-europe

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