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POLICY BRIEF ON THE FUTURE OF WORK

March 2018 www.oecd.org/employment/future-of-work.htm

Key facts about the risk of job automation in OECD countries

The tasks that AI and robots cannot do are While only one in seven jobs may be lost to
shrinking rapidly automation, many others will change
significantly

What are engineering bottlenecks?

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Chart 1. Large shares of jobs are at risk of automation or significant change
Percentage of jobs at risk by degree of risk

High risk of automation (>70%) Risk of significant change (50-70%)


70

60

50

40

30

20

10

Low-skilled people and youth are among those


most at risk

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Chart 2. Low-skilled adults receive little training in most countries
Participation in training, OECD countries

Annual incidence of job-related training, average (left-hand scale)


Annual incidence of job-related training, low-skilled adults (left-hand scale)
Annual hours of job-related training (median; right-hand scale)

70 45
40
60
35
50
30
40 25

30 20
15
20
10
10
5
0 0

Automation may also be putting downwards


pressure on wages and working hours

There are reasons why the future may not


be jobless
Key policy priorities

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References

Citation

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