可穿戴式外骨架能减少建筑行业的性别和残疾差距吗?
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers1, Xiangmin Helen Liu2, Jingang Yi3
1Department of Labor Studies & Employment Relations, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA
|January 23, 2026
概括
可穿戴辅助技术可以促进妇女和残疾人的建筑职业. 这些创新可能有助于弥合就业和薪酬差距,通过减少熟练贸易的物理障碍.
科学领域:
- 工程 工程师 工程师 工程师
- 劳动经济学 劳动经济学
- 康复技术 康复技术 康复技术
背景情况:
- 建筑行业面临着持续的劳动力短缺问题.
- 妇女和残疾人在这些角色中代表性不足.
- 现有的差异与身体需求和技能要求有关.
研究的目的:
- 调查可穿戴辅助技术的潜力,以解决代表性不足的问题.
- 量化建筑业女性和残疾工人的就业和工资差距.
- 探索职业体力要求与劳动力多样性之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 分析了美国工人层面的就业和工资数据,按性别和残疾划分.
- 检查有关劳动力组成和体力技能要求的职业数据.
- 对开发可穿戴外骨架技术的审查.
主要成果:
- 在建筑行业中,女性和有力量/行动障碍的个人存在着巨大的就业和工资差距.
- 需要更高身体能力的职业显示女性的代表性较低.
- 可穿戴的外骨正在出现,用于上肢和下肢损伤.
结论:
- 可穿戴的外骨架可以增强手工灵巧,平衡和力量.
- 这些技术可能会改善妇女和残疾人的获得高薪建筑业工作的机会.
- 辅助技术整合提供了一条减少行业差距的途径.
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