Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300307 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 5/2024
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
We use individual survey data providing detailed information on stress, technology adoption, and work, worker, and employer characteristics, in combination with recent measures of AI and robot exposure, to investigate how new technologies affect worker stress. We find a persistent negative relationship, suggesting that AI and robots could reduce the stress level of workers. We furthermore provide evidence on potential mechanisms to explain our findings. Overall, the results provide suggestive evidence of modern technologies changing the way we perform our work in a way that reduces stress and work pressure.
Subjects: 
Artificial intelligence technologies
Automation
Task content
Skills
Stress
JEL: 
I31
J24
J28
J44
N34
O33
Document Type: 
Research Report

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