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自動化と雇用

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.

01登録

Automation and jobs on the record.

02質問

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.

メカニズム

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.

メカニズム

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.

メカニズム

Productivity gains may not reach wages

If gains accrue mainly to capital owners, automation can raise output while wages stagnate for exposed workers.

メカニズム

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.

03手法とエビデンス

How automation and jobs is modelled, measured and tested.

モデル、その仮定、データ、不確実性を、科学者やエンジニアが確認する形で示します。構造は公表された手法に従っています。描かれた値は例示であり、知見ではありません。

システム・モデル

The couplings between the systems in automation and jobs: signs of influence, a reinforcing and a balancing loop, and cross-links where stress jumps.

++−++作業社会人工知能コミュニティ経済R 自己強化B バランス
Causal loop diagram from the page’s systems; signs show the direction of influence. Illustrative structure for a system dynamics or network model, not estimated couplings.
FAIR 原則・GO FAIR と FORCE11W3C PROV・World Wide Web Consortium不確実性の一貫した扱いに関するガイダンス・IPCCCEOS 解析即応データ・地球観測衛星委員会
05指標

何を、どの程度うまく測定しているか。

各指標には、その単位、更新頻度、背後にある出典の種類、値が持つことになるエビデンスのラベルが付いています。値は表示しません:プログラムが自らの権限のもとで値を提供します。

指標単位周期出典の種類ラベル
Employment in occupations with high automation exposurepercent of employment評価ごとTask-based exposure studies推定
Firms using AI or robotspercent of firmsper surveyBusiness surveys報告値
Displaced worker re-employment ratepercent re-employed within a yearper surveyDisplaced worker surveys報告値
Wage change after displacementpercentper surveyLinked employer-employee data推定
Labour share of incomeGDP 比(%)年次国民経済計算推定
New job titles emerging件数年次Occupational classification updates and job postings観測
06出典

エビデンスの出所。

名前の明示された公開データセットと機関の記録。それぞれにライセンス区分があります。合意に基づく出典は、その条件のもとでのみ使用し、再公開することはありません。

出典提供するものライセンス区分
ILO global studies on generative AI exposureOccupational exposure estimates by country and genderPublic, ILO terms
OECD studies on automation and AI in the labour marketEvidence on exposure and adoptionPublic, OECD terms
US Bureau of Labor Statistics Displaced Worker SurveyOutcomes of displaced workersPublic domain, US government
O*NET occupational task databaseTask content of occupations used in exposure studiesオープン、CC BY 4.0
Eurostat enterprise AI and robot use statisticsAdoption by firmsOpen, Eurostat reuse policy
07決定

誰が決め、エビデンスが何に役立つか。

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.

誰が決定するか質問このページが提供するエビデンス
Labour ministriesWhich workers and regions need transition supportExposure profiles; displacement evidence
Employers and unionsHow to introduce technology and share gainsAdoption and wage evidence
Training providersWhich skills to build for new tasksEmerging task evidence

このトピックが生み出す成果物

  • 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
08中核となる問い

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?
09メカニズム

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.

10手法とデータ

Evidence on automation and its limits.

  1. 01

    Task exposure measures

    Matching technology capabilities to occupational task descriptions, informed by 人工知能と機械学習 and robotics and automation. Measures depend on judgements about capability that age quickly.

  2. 02

    Robot adoption studies

    Linking robot installations to local employment and wages with 計量経済学. Results differ between countries and periods.

  3. 03

    Workplace experiments

    Randomised or natural experiments in firms adopting AI, using 社会・行動科学. Short-run effects may not reflect long-run change.

  4. 04

    Job redesign case studies

    How organisations reorganise work around new tools. Case studies illustrate possibilities rather than averages.

12Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

このページの読解の基準となる機関と文書。状態と版は変わります。各リンクは発行機関へ移動します。

13接続済み

このページがコンソーシアム全体でどこへつながるか。

14質問

質問と回答。

Will automation cause mass unemployment?
Historically, technology has changed jobs more than it has reduced total employment, but transitions are costly for affected workers. Effects of AI are still uncertain.
What is task-based analysis?
Analysing the effect of technology on work through the specific tasks that make up occupations, rather than treating jobs as wholes.
Who is most exposed to automation?
It depends on the technology. Routine manual tasks were most exposed to robots; generative AI exposes clerical and some professional tasks more.
Is automation exposure the same as job loss?
No. Exposure means some tasks in a job could be automated. Whether jobs are lost depends on costs, demand, regulation and how employers reorganise work.
Does AI help or hurt less experienced workers?
Some early studies find the largest productivity gains for less experienced workers in specific tasks. Whether that persists and translates into pay is not yet known.
Can job redesign prevent displacement?
It can preserve and improve many jobs, especially where workers are involved in the redesign, but it cannot offset every displacement. Transition support remains necessary.
Does the platform advise firms on automation?
No. It publishes research and case studies that firms, unions and governments can use.
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