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Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility

Massimo Anelli, Osea Giuntella and Luca Stella
Published online before print November 15, 2021, 1020-11223R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1020-11223R1
Massimo Anelli
2Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University.
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Osea Giuntella
3University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics.
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Luca Stella
4Freie Universität Berlin and the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies.
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Abstract

This study examines how the exposure to robots and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus on the United States and find that in regions that were more exposed to robots, gender gaps in income and labor force participation declined, reducing the relative economic stature of men. Robot penetration also triggered an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline --albeit non-significant-- in the number of marriages. While there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital births.

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  • J13
  • J21
  • J23
  • J24

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Massimo Anelli, Osea Giuntella, Luca Stella
Journal of Human Resources Nov 2021, 1020-11223R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.1020-11223R1

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Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility
Massimo Anelli, Osea Giuntella, Luca Stella
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