Technological change and labour market trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
A task content approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16830009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ignacio Apella, Gonzalo Zunino |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 2022 |
| Issue | 136 |
| Pages | 63-85 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CEPAL review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348 |
| Publisher | United Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.18356/16840348-2022-136-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4313306775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The aim of this paper is to analyse employment profile trends in the Latin American and Caribbean countries according to the task content of workers’ jobs. This analysis seeks to approximate the impact of technological change on the labour market. The paper uses the definitions of an indicator that captures the relative importance of four types of tasks, namely cognitive versus manual and routine versus non-routine tasks, based on information from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) and household surveys. The analysis finds that there has been growing demand for workers over the last two decades in occupations which are intensive in cognitive abilities, with higher remuneration than for occupations which are intensive in manual tasks. Cognitive skills are therefore a key variable for improving participation in current and future labour markets
Business · Cognition · Economics · Latin Americans · Management · Political science · Remuneration · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Education and Labor Relations · Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies · Psychology · Finance
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |