Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185199 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11739
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Globally, an estimated 734 million jobs will be required between 2010 and 2030 to accommodate recent and ongoing demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at or below 4 percent for adults and at or below 8 percent for youth. The facts that i) most new jobs will be required in countries where "decent" jobs are less prevalent and ii) workers in many occupations are increasingly subject to risks of automation further compound the challenge of job creation, which is already quite sizable in historical perspective. Failure to create the jobs that are needed through 2030 would put currently operative social security systems under pressure and undermine efforts to guarantee the national social protection floors enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Subjects: 
demography
unemployment
job creation
automation
digitalization
JEL: 
J11
J20
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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