How is new technology changing job design? : machines' ability to perform cognitive, physical, and social tasks is advancing, dramatically changing jobs and labor markets

Michael Gibbs, Sergei Bazylik

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.

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Year of publication:	August 2022
Authors:	Gibbs, Michael ; Bazylik, Sergei
Publisher:	Bonn : Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA)
Subject:	job design \| technology \| artificial intelligence \| cognitive tasks \| labor market polarization \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market \| Kognition \| Cognition \| Anforderungsprofil \| Occupational profile \| Künstliche Intelligenz \| Artificial intelligence \| Arbeitsgestaltung \| Job design \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Automatisierung \| Automation \| Arbeitsmarktpolitik \| Labour market policy