AI and Stress

Given increasing artificial intelligence (AI) adoption at work, understanding itshealth implications is critically important. We use rich survey data from Finlandand apply propensity score matching that controls for selection into AI adoptionto estimate the relationship between workplace AI usage and workers’ mentalhealth. AI adoption increases the probability of workers experiencing reportedstress by 4.4 percentage points, equivalent to a 25.6% increase relative to baseline.This burden is primarily concentrated among men, non-supervisors, unionizedworkers, and employees in medium-sized workplaces. Our mechanism analysisreveals that stress is driven by labor intensification rather than displacementfears, with AI adoption leading to significant increases in unpaid work and intensework absorption but no effect on job insecurity.