On the Impact of Technological Progress in Industrial Robot on Employment: A Theoretical Model Framework

HAN Min-chun; HAN Qing-jiang; FENG Zhong

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HAN Min-chun, HAN Qing-jiang, FENG Zhong. On the Impact of Technological Progress in Industrial Robot on Employment: A Theoretical Model Framework[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2019, 34(6): 4-10.

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HAN Min-chun, HAN Qing-jiang, FENG Zhong. On the Impact of Technological Progress in Industrial Robot on Employment: A Theoretical Model Framework[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2019, 34(6): 4-10.

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On the Impact of Technological Progress in Industrial Robot on Employment: A Theoretical Model Framework

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School of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073
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Hubei Branch of China Construction Bank, Wuhan 430015, China

Received Date: 2019-06-09
Available Online: 2021-05-27
Publish Date: 2021-05-27

Abstract

Abstract

Through modeling and analyzing the employment effect of the technological progress in industrial robots in manufacturing industry, it is found that: the application of the second generation industrial robots in Chinese manufacturing industry not only brings about the employment destruction effect, but also produces the employment creation effect; the use of intelligent robots to replace the second generation industrial robots will add the employment crowding-out effect of intelligent robots on the basis of the former two employment effects, that is, the replacement process will have a greater negative impact on employment. Therefore, it is recommended that Chinese government should steadily promote the "automation" and "intellectualization" of manufacturers on the basis of pilot projects, provide a good vocational training for the substituted labor forces, enhance the human capital of the manufacturing industry comprehensively.
- manufacturing industry,
- robot substitution,
- industrial robot,
- intelligent robot,
- technological progress,
- intelligent manufacturing,
- employment,
- employment effect,
- labor force

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