本研究探討社會信任對工業機器人密度之影響，並分析就業脆弱度與資金取得難易度之調節效果。本文以 2002 年至 2023 年 62 個國家之跨國面板資料進行實證分析，並採用一階差分模型，以降低國家固定特質與跨國水準差異之干擾。實證結果顯示，社會信任與工業機器人密度變動呈顯著正向關聯，且此關聯主要存在於就業脆弱度較低、正式就業比重較高之國家；相較之下，資金取得難易度之分組結果則係較微弱的證據。整體而言，本研究指出社會信任可能是影響自動化技術擴散的重要非正式制度因素。

This study investigates the impact of social trust on industrial robot density and analyzes the moderating effects of employment vulnerability and access to finance. Employing a cross-country panel dataset of 62 countries from 2002 to 2023, this paper conducts an empirical analysis using a first-difference model to mitigate the confounding effects of country-specific fixed characteristics and cross-country level differences. The empirical results reveal a significant positive association between social trust and changes in industrial robot density. Furthermore, this relationship is primarily observed in countries with lower employment vulnerability and a higher proportion of formal employment. In contrast, the sub-sample analysis based on access to finance provides relatively weaker evidence. Overall, this study indicates that social trust may serve as a crucial informal institutional factor influencing the diffusion of automation technologies.

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