Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274615 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 344v2 [Year:] 2022
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The IT revolution has had dramatic effects on jobs and the labor market. Many routine manual and cognitive tasks have been automated, replacing workers. By contrast, new technologies complement and create new non-routine cognitive and social tasks, making work in such tasks more productive, and creating new jobs. This has polarized labor markets: while low-skill jobs stagnated, there are fewer and lower-paid jobs for middle-skill workers, and higher pay for high-skill workers, increasing wage inequality. Advances in AI may accelerate computers' ability to perform cognitive tasks, heightening concerns about future automation of even high-skill jobs.
Subjects: 
job design
technology
artificial intelligence
cognitive tasks
labor market polarization
JEL: 
J01
J23
J31
O14
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Document Type: 
Article

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