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executing nonroutine abstract tasks, and substitutes for unskilled workers in performing routine tasks. When we use our …
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We introduce a new task-based framework to describe production. It focuses on the fact that certain tasks are too … variety of applications. For instance, the automation of low-complexity tasks tends to reinforce labor market segmentation …
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employment growth in countries with a high share of occupations that are intensive in routine tasks. …
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, as a technology platform, can automate tasks previously performed by labor or create new tasks and activities in which … on creating new tasks where labor can be productively employed. The consequences of this choice have been stagnating …
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allocation of tasks to capital and labor - the task content of production. Automation, which enables capital to replace labor in … tasks it was previously engaged in, shifts the task content of production against labor because of a displacement effect. As … productivity. The effects of automation are counterbalanced by the creation of new tasks in which labor has a comparative advantage …
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We use data from a new international dataset - the European Skills and Jobs Survey - to create a unique measure of skills-displacing technological change (SDT), defined as technological change that may render workers' skills obsolete. We find that 16 percent of adult workers in the EU are...
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. By analysing the profile of the job tasks and skill needs of Greek homeworkers, the paper also shows marked deviations in … standardised and moderate ICT tasks and to rely more on social serving tasks. The paper highlights that there is significant scope …
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This paper studies changes in computer use and job quality in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2015. We document that while the proportion of workers using computers has increased from 40% to more than 60% over twenty years, there remain significant differences between countries even within the same...
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routine tasks. These jobs have been shown to be concentrated in middle skill occupations. A large literature on labour market …
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A fast-growing literature shows that digital technologies are displacing labor from routine tasks, raising concerns …
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