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The Future of Employment

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The Future of Employment

How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?

Oxford Martin,

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How will innovations in computer technology change America’s jobs landscape in the coming years?

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Will a computer take over your job? Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne of the University of Oxford offer an overview of how past technological developments shaped employment in the Unites States and analyze how up-and-coming innovations may affect the work landscape in the future. Their persuasive findings include the percentage and types of jobs which could vanish and how computerization relates to salaries and educational achievement. getAbstract recommends this article to everyone interested in the impact of technology on employment.

Summary

Technological innovation has always sparked fears about human job losses. And, in many ways, these fears are well-founded: Technology does eradicate some jobs, but the changes wrought by innovation also open up new employment opportunities for those able and willing to adapt.

In the 19th century, for instance, the mechanization of work formerly undertaken by a small group of artisan laborers enabled a far larger number of low-skilled laborers to thrive. In the earlier part of the 20th century, by contrast, high-school educated, white...

About the Authors

Carl Benedikt Frey, PhD, is co-director of the Oxford Martin Program on Technology and Employment. Michael A. Osborne, PhD, is an associate professor in machine learning at the University of Oxford.


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