지역연구 (Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association)

한국지역학회 (Korean Regional Science Association)
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제조업 일자리의 과업 특성에 따른 로봇의 차별적인 고용 영향에 관한 연구

Task-Specific Influences of Robotics on Manufacturing Jobs

  • 이헌영 (조지아공과대학교 도시 및 지역계획학과)
  • 투고 : 2023.11.28
  • 심사 : 2023.12.21
  • 발행 : 2023.12.30
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초록

기술 진보는 미래의 일자리 구조를 어떻게 변화시키는가? 이 거대한 질문에 답하기 위한 노력의 하나로 이 연구는 로봇의 도입이 미국의 제조업 일자리의 동태에 미친 영향을 탐구한다. 연구는 과업 모형에 기초해 로봇 도입의 효과가 서로 다른 과업 특성을 가진 직종 사이에 차별적으로 작용할 것이라고 전재했다. 이에 기초하여 지역의 로봇 노출도가 과업 특성별로 구분된 직종 군집의 고용 변화에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 연구는 2012~2022년 사이 52개 미국 지역 제조업 부문의 관련 직종 307개의 고용 변화 추이를 성장곡선으로 모형화하고, 이를 직종별 고용 통계자료를 활용해 실증하는 방식으로 진행됐다. 분석 결과 손재주 역량을 요구하는 직종 군집에서 일자리 수가 빠르게 감소하는 경향을 확인할 수 있었지만, 지역의 로봇 사용 정도가 이러한 경향을 강화한다는 증거는 확인할 수 없었다. 이는 미국 제조업 부문의 일자리 변화가, 최근 대두된 로봇 기술에 영향을 받는다기보다, 과거부터 이어져 온 탈산업화와 기능적 특화의 경향에 의해 주도되고 있음을 함의한다.

This research examines the impact of robotics integration on job dynamics in the U.S. manufacturing sector, adding to the critical dialogue on technological evolution and the future of jobs. Anchored in the task-model framework, the study hypothesizes that robotic integration exerts differential influences on diverse occupational clusters, each identified by their unique task-specific attributes. An in-depth examination was undertaken to elucidate the interplay between robotic integration and the occupation clusters. Employing a multilevel growth curve model, our empirical investigation tracked employment dynamics from 2012 to 2022 across 52 U.S. regions, covering 307 manufacturing occupations. The findings suggest a pronounced job decline within occupations necessitating manual dexterity. Nonetheless, the evidence does not conclusively support that the extent of robotics integration exacerbates this trend. These findings imply that the employment shifts in the U.S. manufacturing sector are predominantly driven by long-standing trends of deindustrialization and functional specialization, rather than by the recent diffusion of robotic technologies.

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