“…3 This is unlike the effect of Information and Communication Technology, which mainly adversely affecting workers in the middle of skill distribution (Autor et al, 2003;Goos et al, 2014;Michaels et al, 2014). 4 It is worth noting that Gihleb et al (2020) documents evidence that an increase in robot exposure leads to an increase in mental health problems in the United States, presumably caused by the rise in economic uncertainty, consistent with studies that found deteriorating economic conditions are associated with worsening mental health in the population (Frasquilho et al, 2015;Modrek et al, 2015;Venkataramani et al, 2020). However, they do not find that this is the case in Germany.…”