Technology and jobs

A systematic literature review

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21401248
AutoresKerstin Hötte (0000-0002-8633-4225, University of Oxford), Melline Somers (0000-0002-4814-2898, Maastricht University), Angelos Theodorakopoulos (0000-0003-4151-4887, Aston University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen194
Páginas122750
Fecha de publicación2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTechnological Forecasting and Social Change (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0040-1625 • E-ISSN: 1873-5509
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122750
OpenAlexW4386591313
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas28
Referencias citadas137

We systematically review the empirical literature on the past four decades of technological change and its impact on employment, distinguishing between five broad technology categories (ICT, Robots, Innovation, TFP-style, Other). We find across studies that the labor displacing effect of technology appears to be more than offset by compensating mechanisms that create or reinstate labor. This holds for most technology-types, suggesting that anxieties over widespread technology-driven unemployment lack an empirical base. Nevertheless, blue-collar workers have been adversely affected by technological change, and effective up- and reskilling strategies should remain at the forefront of policy making along targeted support systems

Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Empirical research · Information and Communications Technology · Macroeconomics · Political science · Technological change · Unemployment · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Firm Innovation and Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality