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Luca Stella is an economist whose research sits at the intersection of labor economics, technology adoption, and demographic behavior. He has made particularly significant contributions to understanding how industrial automation reshapes working conditions and family dynamics, establishing himself as a leading voice in the economics of robotics and its societal consequences. Stella's most influential work examines the relationship between industrial robot adoption and workplace safety. His landmark study on robots and worker health has accumulated nearly 150 citations, revealing that increased robot exposure at the commuting zone level is associated with meaningful reductions in work-related injury rates — a finding with important implications for both labor policy and occupational health regulation. By leveraging establishment-level injury data, Stella brings empirical rigor to a debate often dominated by speculation about automation's workforce effects. Beyond workplace safety, Stella investigates how robotization reshapes family formation and fertility decisions. His research on robots, marriage markets, and family behavior explores how automation-driven labor market disruptions affect men's marriageability and household outcomes, connecting macroeconomic technological shifts to intimate demographic choices. Together, his body of work offers a comprehensive portrait of how the robot revolution reverberates far beyond the factory floor, touching workers' bodies, relationships, and family lives.