Technology and jobs

A systematic literature review

Dados 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 correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume194
Páginas122750
Data de publicação2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTechnological Forecasting and Social Change (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0040-1625 • E-ISSN: 1873-5509
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122750
OpenAlexW4386591313
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas28
Referências 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