本文的創新之處和研究意義在于:,采用企業層面的微觀數據,利用工具變量法,在解決模型內生性問題的基礎上系統檢驗了機器人應用對中國勞動力市場的影響。從國際范圍來看,也是較早使用企業層面的微觀數據研究機器人的勞動力市場影響的論文。第二,深入剖析了機器人應用對勞動力市場影響的微觀機制。現有研究大多從宏觀視角出發,關注機器人應用對區域勞動力市場的影響,缺乏對其影響機制的深入探討。本文的研究發現,從微觀層面來看,市場結構、融資約束以及企業自身面臨的制度約束都可能會導致機器人應用對企業勞動力需求的影響存在差異。
本文的研究結論意味著,機器人應用對勞動力市場的影響并非「局部性」的,而需要從經濟社會發展的全局來考慮,它與國家的產業競爭政策、金融發展程度、制度環境、社會保障政策等息息相關。有效應對機器人興起對社會經濟發展帶來的挑戰、并迎接機遇,需要制度和政策的統籌協調,以促進中國經濟的包容性增長和高質量發展。
本文余下部分結構安排如下:第二部分在文獻評述的基礎上提出本文的研究假說;第三部分介紹本文的數據、工業機器人滲透度的測度方法和分布特征;第四部分實證分析工業機器人應用對企業勞動力需求和工資的影響;第五部分探討其背后的微觀影響機制;第六部分進一步分析機器人應用對企業勞動力需求的產業鏈傳導效應和長期影響;第七部分是結論和建議。
▍文獻綜述與研究假說
(一)技術進步對勞動力需求和工資的影響
Autor et al.(2003)提出的「基于任務的模型」(task-based model)考慮了技術與勞動力在不同任務中的比較優勢,彌補了新古典經濟增長模型忽視了技術進步對勞動力需求和工資還可能存在替代效應的缺陷,為研究自動化技術對勞動力市場的影響提供了基準的分析框架。基于該分析框架的研究發現,在理論上,自動化技術對勞動力需求和工資的影響并不一致,即存在負向的替代效應和正向的生產力效應與就業創造效應。
替代效應。在基于任務的模型分析框架下,勞動力與自動化技術在不同的工作中具有各自的比較優勢。當自動化技術相對于勞動力更具有比較優勢時,勞動力就會被自動化技術所取代,即替代效應。替代效應會導致均衡中的勞動力需求和工資下降(Autor et al.,2003;Acemoglu&Restrepo,2018,2020)。機器人的使用有助于提高企業生產的自動化水平,在一些機器人相對于人力更具有比較優勢的崗位上實現機器對人的替代,從而節約勞動力成本,提高生產效率。
而在勞動力供給不變的情況下,勞動力需求下降會降低均衡的工資水平。此外,在雇主和雇員的薪酬談判中,當雇員的工作越容易被機器人替代時,其議價能力越低,為了獲得工作更有可能接受一個較低的工資水平。因此在替代效應作用下,機器人應用可能會降低企業的勞動力需求和員工的平均工資水平。
生產力效應。該效應的作用機制主要體現在以下三個方面:其一,自動化技術的應用有利于企業節約生產經營成本,使得受自動化技術影響的商品和服務的價格下降,并通過「收入效應」增加消費者對該商品或服務的消費需求。在均衡中,消費者需求增加會使企業進一步擴大生產經營規模,從而增加勞動力需求。
其二,在「收入效應」影響下,消費者還會增加對其他行業產品的需求,進而導致相關行業的生產規模擴大,勞動力需求上升。例如,研究發現,在歐美等國家,農業機械化水平提高導致食品價格下降,使得消費者的實際收入上升,增加了對非農商品的消費,從而為非農行業創造了大量的就業機會(Herrendorf et al.,2013)。
其三,自動化技術的應用導致企業生產經營成本下降,企業自身會有主動擴大生產經營規模的激勵,從而增加對非自動化崗位的勞動力需求。機器人應用有助于企業節約生產成本,提高生產效率,擴大生產規模,增加對非自動化崗位的勞動力需求。而隨著機器人應用帶來勞動生產率的普遍提高,也可能會進一步提高員工的工資水平。
就業創造效應。自動化在取代一部分勞動崗位的同時,也會創造出新的人力更具比較優勢的工作崗位,均衡中自動化如何影響勞動力市場則取決于兩種影響的凈效應。有研究指出,就業創造效應可以解釋美國1980-2010年就業增長的一半左右(Acemoglu&Restrepo,2018)。而人工智能和機器人技術的廣泛應用無疑會創造出更多的新業態、新模式和新的就業崗位。例如,機器人應用可能會使企業增加對機器人工程師、維修師等新工作崗位的需求。
綜上,以機器人為代表的自動化技術對勞動力市場的影響并非簡單單向的,而是取決于負向的替代效應,以及正向的生產力效應和就業創造效應的綜合影響。基于上述分析,本文提出以下兩個待驗證的假說:
H1:從企業層面來看,當替代效應占主導時,機器人應用程度的提高會減少企業的勞動力需求,降低企業的平均工資水平。
H2:從企業層面來看,當生產力效應和就業創造效應占主導時,機器人應用程度的提高會增加企業的勞動力需求,提升企業的平均工資水平。
(二)技術進步對就業結構的影響
針對歐美等發達經濟體的研究發現,技術進步對不同技能勞動者的影響往往是非線性的,存在明顯的就業極化(job polarization)現象,即高技能和低技能勞動者的就業呈現出上升趨勢,而中等技能勞動者的就業比例明顯下降(Autor et al.,2006;Acemoglu&Autor,2011)。關于就業極化現象,一個具有代表性的解釋是,中等技能勞動者往往從事的是程序化、常規性的工作,而隨著信息技術(ICT)和自動化技術的進步,這些工作最容易被替代。相比較而言,高技能勞動者多從事非常規復雜勞動,而低技能勞動者多從事非常規簡單勞動,被機器替代的可能性較小(Autor et al.,2003)。在實證研究中,學者們利用不同國家的經驗證據對上述假說進行了驗證(Goos et al.,;Autor&Dorn,2013)。最新研究發現,自20世紀50年代以來,制造業領域對中等技能員工需求的減少已經成為一種全球性趨勢(Kunst,2019)。
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