GCRI · داهاتووی کار و شارەزایییەکان
ئۆتۆماسیۆن و کار
Automation, robotics and AI take over some tasks, assist others and create new ones. Whether this displaces workers, raises productivity and wages or does both depends on the tasks involved, how firms deploy technology and how institutions support transitions. This page sets out how automation affects jobs, how exposure and impact are measured, and what evidence serves the policymakers, employers and unions responsible.
Automation and jobs on the record.
Automation and jobs: how the risk develops.
AI/robotics impact and job redesign. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.
Tasks, not whole jobs
Most occupations combine tasks that can be automated with tasks that cannot. Automation reshapes jobs more often than it eliminates them outright.
Displacement and reinstatement
Technology displaces labour from some tasks and creates new tasks that need people. Net effects depend on the balance between the two.
Productivity gains may not reach wages
If gains accrue mainly to capital owners, automation can raise output while wages stagnate for exposed workers.
Transitions are costly for individuals
Displaced workers often face long unemployment or lower pay in new jobs, especially older workers and those in declining regions.
How automation and jobs is modelled, measured and tested.
مۆدێلەکە، گریمانەکانی، داتاکانی و نادڵنیاییەکەی، بەو شێوەیەی زانا یان ئەندازیارێک دەیپشکنێت. پێکهاتەکان ڕێگا بڵاوکراوەکان دەگرنەبەر. بەهاکانی کێشراو نموونەییە، نەک دۆزینەوە.
مۆدێلی سیستەم
The couplings between the systems in automation and jobs: signs of influence, a reinforcing and a balancing loop, and cross-links where stress jumps.
Automation exposure differs by domain.
Findings are designed for the زنجیرەی Exponential Technology. The ILO’s 2023 working paper estimates exposure, which is not job loss.
- Firm adoption data.
- Worker surveys.
What is measured, and how well.
Each indicator carries its unit, its cadence, the kind of source behind it and the evidence label a value would carry. No values are shown: a programme supplies them under its own authority.
| Indicator | Unit | Cadence | Source type | ناونیشان |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment in occupations with high automation exposure | percent of employment | per assessment | Task-based exposure studies | مەزەندەکراو |
| Firms using AI or robots | percent of firms | per survey | Business surveys | REPORTED |
| Displaced worker re-employment rate | percent re-employed within a year | per survey | Displaced worker surveys | REPORTED |
| Wage change after displacement | percent | per survey | Linked employer-employee data | مەزەندەکراو |
| Labour share of income | percent of GDP | annual | National accounts | مەزەندەکراو |
| New job titles emerging | count | annual | Occupational classification updates and job postings | چاودێریکراو |
Where the evidence comes from.
Named public datasets and institutional records, each with its licence class. Sources by agreement are used only under their terms and never republished.
| سەرچاوە | What it gives | Licence class |
|---|---|---|
| ILO global studies on generative AI exposure | Occupational exposure estimates by country and gender | Public, ILO terms |
| OECD studies on automation and AI in the labour market | Evidence on exposure and adoption | Public, OECD terms |
| US Bureau of Labor Statistics Displaced Worker Survey | Outcomes of displaced workers | Public domain, US government |
| O*NET occupational task database | Task content of occupations used in exposure studies | Open, CC BY 4.0 |
| Eurostat enterprise AI and robot use statistics | Adoption by firms | Open, Eurostat reuse policy |
Who decides, and what the evidence serves.
Future of Work and Skills prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.
| کێ بڕیار دەدات | The question | Evidence this page serves |
|---|---|---|
| Labour ministries | Which workers and regions need transition support | Exposure profiles; displacement evidence |
| Employers and unions | How to introduce technology and share gains | Adoption and wage evidence |
| Training providers | Which skills to build for new tasks | Emerging task evidence |
Outputs this topic produces
- Task-based exposure profiles by occupation and group
- Displacement and re-employment analyses
- Evaluation designs for transition programmes
- Evidence notes for social dialogue on technology
What researchers ask about automation.
- Which tasks can current AI and robots perform reliably and at acceptable cost?
- When does technology substitute for workers and when does it complement them?
- How are productivity gains shared between firms, workers and consumers?
- How can jobs be redesigned so people keep meaningful, skilled work?
Displacement, productivity and new work.
Automation has a displacement effect, as machines take over tasks, and a productivity effect, as lower costs raise demand and employment elsewhere. Historically, new tasks and occupations have also emerged, reinstating demand for labour. The balance between these forces determines the net effect on employment and wages.
Industrial robots mainly automate physical, repetitive tasks in manufacturing and logistics. Generative AI reaches cognitive tasks such as drafting, summarising and coding. Evidence from early workplace studies suggests AI assistance can raise productivity, sometimes most for less experienced workers, but effects vary widely by task and implementation. What employers choose to automate, and how, matters as much as technical capability.
Evidence on automation and its limits.
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Task exposure measures
Matching technology capabilities to occupational task descriptions, informed by زیرەکی دەستکرد و فێربوونی ئامێر and robotics and automation. Measures depend on judgements about capability that age quickly.
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Robot adoption studies
Linking robot installations to local employment and wages with econometrics. Results differ between countries and periods.
- 03
Workplace experiments
Randomised or natural experiments in firms adopting AI, using زانستی کۆمەڵایەتی و هەڵسوکەوتی. Short-run effects may not reflect long-run change.
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Job redesign case studies
How organisations reorganise work around new tools. Case studies illustrate possibilities rather than averages.
How it is studied, and what the methods cannot say.
- 01ئابووری و ئابووری گەشەپێدانTask-based analysis of technology · Labour market institutions · Just transition economicsApplied here
- 02زیرەکی دەستکرد و فێربوونی ماشێنSkills extraction from job postings · Job matching in employment servicesApplied here
- 03ڕۆبۆتیک و ئۆتۆماسیۆنRobot adoption and employment · Safety in human-robot work · Job redesign around robotsApplied here
- 04ئابووریپێویDisplacement effects with linked data · Training programme evaluation · Workforce projectionsApplied here
Where this page’s references lead.
ئەو لەش و بەڵگەنامانەی ئەم لاپەڕەیەیان لەگەڵ دەخوێنرێتەوە. دۆخ و وەشانەکان دەگۆڕێن؛ هەر بەستەرێک دەچێتە لای لەشی دەرکەر.
ئەو شوێنانەی ئەم لاپەڕەیە لە ناو کۆنسۆرتیۆم بۆیان دەبات.
پرسیار و وەڵام.
Will automation cause mass unemployment?
What is task-based analysis?
Who is most exposed to automation?
Is automation exposure the same as job loss?
Does AI help or hurt less experienced workers?
Can job redesign prevent displacement?
Does the platform advise firms on automation?
لەم لاپەڕەیەوە بەڵگە پێشکەش بکە.
Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
- ئیمەیڵدەروازەی GW-GCRIلەم لاپەڕەیەوە بینێرەبەڵگە، ڕاستکردنەوە، بابەت، ڕێگا، پێداچوونەوە، وەرگێڕان یان تێکردنی پڕۆفایل. بە نیشانەی ئەم لاپەڕەیە دەگات، بۆ ئەوەی دەستکاریکەری خاوەنەکەی وەریبگرێت.
- Zenodoتەکیەی کراوەدایبنێ و بیدە بە کۆمەڵگاتۆماری خۆت لە Zenodo بە ORCID iD ی خۆت بڵاو بکەرەوە، پاشان لەوێ بیدە بە کۆمەڵگای Reports. سەرپەرشتیارەکان پێداچوونەوەی بۆ دەکەن؛ DOI هەر هی تۆیە.
- ReportsGCRIهەموو ڕێگاکانی بەشداری ببینەجۆرەکانی بەشداری، هەریەکە چۆن پێداچوونەوەی بۆ دەکرێت، چ ناوبردنێک وەردەگریت، مۆڵەتەکە و ئەوەی هەرگیز وەرناگیرێت.
هەرگیز داتای کەسی، وردەکاریی هەستیاری ژێرخان یان هیچ شتێک مەنێرە کە مافی بڵاوکردنەوەت نییە. بەشدارییەک پێش بەکارهێنان پێداچوونەوەی بۆ دەکرێت؛ ناردنی ماف نابەخشێت بە نووسەرایەتی یان بەڕێوەبردنی ڕاگەیاندن، و پاڵپشتی دارایی هەرگیز دۆزینەوەیەک ناکڕێت.
ڕێگایەک، کۆمەڵە داتایەک یان پرسیارێک بهێنە.
زانیاری و پرسیار ئەمڕۆ کراوەن. پرسیارێک ژمارەی ئاماژەی پێدەدرێت و هەنگاوی دواتر دیاری دەکات؛ داواکاری، پارەدان، تەرخانکردنی کۆمپیوتەر و تۆمارکردن تەنیا کاتێک دەکرێنەوە کە تیم، مەرج و توانای پێداچوونەوەیان هەبێت.
بەڵگەنامە یاساییەکان.
نەخشە، داتا و وێنەکانی ئەم ماڵپەڕە بۆ ناوەڕۆک و زانیاریی گشتی پیشان دراون. ئامۆژگاری، پێشبینی یان ئاگادارکردنەوە نین؛ سنوورەکانی زانیارییەکە لە ڕەتکردنەوەی بەرپرسیارێتی و ئاگاداریی داتادا دەستنیشان کراون.