Blasco, SRochut, JRouland, B2024-01-162024-01-162024-01-04Industrial Relations, ISSN: 0019-8676 (Print); 1468-232X (Online), Wiley. doi: 10.1111/irel.123560019-86761468-232Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17109Automation may destroy jobs and change the labor demand structure, thereby potentially impacting workers' mental health. Implementing propensity score matching on French individual survey data, we find that working in an automatable job is associated with a 3 pp increase in the probability of suffering from mental disorders. Fear of automation through fear of job loss, expectation of a required change in skills, and fear of unwanted job mobility seem to be relevant channels to explain the findings.© 2024 The Authors. Industrial Relations published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Regents of the University of California (RUC). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/38 Economics3801 Applied Economics3505 Human Resources and Industrial Relations35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and ServicesBehavioral and Social ScienceMental HealthMental health3 Good Health and Well Being1402 Applied Economics1503 Business and Management1801 LawIndustrial Relations3505 Human resources and industrial relations3801 Applied economicsJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1111/irel.12356