Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263396 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15180
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study identifies the job attributes, and in particular skills and abilities, which predict the likelihood a job is recently automatable drawing on the Josten and Lordan (2020) classification of automatability, EU labour force survey data and a machine learning regression approach. We find that skills and abilities which relate to non-linear abstract thinking are those that are the safest from automation. We also find that jobs that require 'people' engagement interacted with 'brains' are also less likely to be automated. The skills that are required for these jobs include soft skills. Finally, we find that jobs that require physically making objects or physicality more generally are most likely to be automated unless they involve interaction with 'brains' and/or 'people'.
Subjects: 
work
automatability
job skills
job abilities
EU Labour Force Survey
JEL: 
J21
J00
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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