Some of the effects of workplace digitalisation are well studied, such as changes in workers' wages and increased economic inequality. But how does technological progress affect workers' health? Melanie Arntz, Sebastian Findeisen, Stephan Maurer and Oliver Schlenker explore the effects of digitalisation on two groups of employees: manual and non-manual workers. This differentiation allows them to find evidence of worsening health due to the stress of performing increasingly complex tasks.

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26 April 2024

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LSE Business Review

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2024/04/26/the-increasing-complexity-of-digitalisation-may-hurt-manual-workers-health/

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