Çalışanlar Robotlar Yüzünden İşsiz mi Kalacak? Teknoloji ve İstihdam Üzerine Bir Meta-Analiz Çalışması

Year 2021, , 485 - 501, 31.10.2021

İbrahim Dağlı

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2021.04.22

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı iki yönlüdür. Birincisi, teknolojinin istihdama etkilerine dair genel bir etki büyüklüğü sunmaktır. İkincisi, meta-analiz yönteminin iktisat biliminde kullanılabilirliğine dair bir örnek sunmaktır. Meta-analiz yöntemiyle yapılan bu çalışmada teknolojinin istihdam üzerinde pozitif bir etkisi olduğu ve genel etki büyüklüğünün orta düzeyde (g=0,53) olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Teknolojinin işsizliğe neden olabileceğine dair genel önyargının aksine teknolojinin istihdamı olumlu yönde etkilediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu çalışmada diğer ampirik çalışmalardan farklı olarak meta-analiz sayesinde daha kapsamlı ve genel bir sonuç elde edilmiştir.

Keywords

Teknolojik İşsizlik, Meta-Analiz, Teknoloji ve İstihdam, Robotlar ve İşgücü, İşin Geleceği

Will Workers be Unemployed Because of Robots? A Meta-Analysis on Technology and Employment

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first is to present an overall effect size of technology’s impact on employment. The second is to provide an example of the usability of the meta-analysis method in economics. This study conducted with the meta-analysis method concluded that technology positively affects employment, and the overall effect size is medium (g=0.53). Contrary to the general prejudice that technology can cause unemployment, it has been concluded that technology affects employment positively. Unlike the other empirical studies, a more comprehensive and general result was obtained thanks to meta-analysis.

Keywords

Technological Unemployment, Meta-Analysis, Technology and Employment, Robots and Labour, Future of Work

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