Advanced Technologies and Worker Voice.

Autor/inn/en	Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio
Titel	Advanced Technologies and Worker Voice. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Fortschrittliche Technologien und Worker Voice.
Quelle	In: Economica (London), 90 (2023) 357, S. 1-38 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-0427; 1468-0335
DOI	10.1111/ecca.12446
Schlagwörter	Industrieroboter; Investition; Italien; Roboter; Unternehmen; Auswirkung; Internationaler Vergleich; Mitbestimmung; Arbeitnehmervertretung; Anwendung; Prozessinnovation; Europäische Union; Automatisierung; Industrieroboter; Roboter; Technologische Entwicklung; Mitbestimmung; Investition; Prozessinnovation; Unternehmen; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Internationaler Vergleich; Anwendung; Auswirkung; Arbeitnehmervertretung; Institution; Europäische Union; Italien
Abstract	"The interplay between labour institutions and firm-level adoption of new technologies such as robotics and other advanced digital tools remains poorly understood. Using a cross-sectional sample of more than 20,000 European establishments, we document a positive association between shop-floor employee representation (ER) and utilization of emerging technologies. We explore mechanisms driving this correlation by exploiting rich information on the role played by ER in relation to well-defined decision areas of management, such as work organization, dismissals, training and working time. In addition, we conduct a quantitative case study using a panel of Italian firms and exploiting size-contingent policy rules governing the operation of ER bodies in the context of a local-randomization regression discontinuity design. The analysis suggests a positive effect of ER on investments in advanced technologies around the firm size cut-off, although results are sensitive to type of technology and specification choices. We also document positive effects on training and process innovation, and no evidence of changes in composition of employment. Our findings cast doubt on the idea that ER discourages technology adoption. Rather, ER seems to influence workplace practices that enhance the complementarity between labour and new advanced technologies." The study refers to the period 2015-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1