Behind the headline number: Why not to rely on Frey and Osborne’s predictions of potential job loss from automation
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employment; technology; prediction; job loss; AI and robotics;JEL classification:
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BIG-2019-11-04 (Big Data)
- NEP-FOR-2019-11-04 (Forecasting)
- NEP-LMA-2019-11-04 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-PAY-2019-11-04 (Payment Systems & Financial Technology)
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