RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility JF Journal of Human Resources FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 443 OP 469 DO 10.3368/jhr.1020-11223R1 VO 59 IS 2 A1 Anelli, Massimo A1 Giuntella, Osea A1 Stella, Luca YR 2024 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/2/443.abstract AB 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 nonsignificant—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.