Kim Daehyun, Kim Taekyun, Kim Wonjoon, Youn Hyejin
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, München, Germany.
School of Business, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea.
PLoS One. 2025 Sep 8;20(9):e0331244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331244. eCollection 2025.
This study investigates the relationship between occupational automation risks and workers' transitions to entrepreneurship using data from the Current Population Survey. We find that employees facing automation-related job displacement are inclined to shift toward unincorporated entrepreneurship, emphasizing entrepreneurship as a viable alternative career path. Noteworthy variations emerge when examining specific automation technologies, revealing a positive association between industrial robots and entrepreneurial transitions, whereas artificial intelligence displays a negative relationship. Gender disparities are observed, with female workers exhibiting a lower likelihood than males of transitioning into entrepreneurship. This study also shows a heightened prominence of entrepreneurial transitions during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. By illuminating entrepreneurship as a response to job displacement, our results offer crucial policy insights into the labor market implications of automation.
本研究利用当前人口调查的数据，调查职业自动化风险与工人向创业转型之间的关系。我们发现，面临与自动化相关的工作岗位被取代的员工倾向于转向非公司制创业，强调创业是一条可行的替代职业道路。在研究特定的自动化技术时出现了值得注意的差异，表明工业机器人与创业转型之间存在正相关关系，而人工智能则呈现负相关关系。观察到了性别差异，女性工人转向创业的可能性低于男性。本研究还表明，在新冠疫情大流行的早期阶段，创业转型更为突出。通过阐明创业是对工作岗位被取代的一种应对方式，我们的研究结果为自动化对劳动力市场的影响提供了关键的政策见解。
