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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登记

Automation and jobs on the record.

02问题

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.

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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.

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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.

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Productivity gains may not reach wages

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

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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方法与证据

How automation and jobs is modelled, measured and tested.

模型、其假设、数据和不确定性,以科学家或工程师会核查的形式呈现。结构遵循已发表的方法。所取数值仅为示意,不是研究发现。

系统模型

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

++−++工作社会人工智能社区经济R 增强B 平衡
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.
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04跨领域

Automation exposure differs by domain.

05指标

衡量什么,以及衡量得如何。

每个指标都注明其单位、频率、背后的来源类型以及数值将附带的证据标签。此处不显示数值:数值由计划依据其自身权限提供。

指标单位节奏来源类型标签
Employment in occupations with high automation exposurepercent of employment每次评估Task-based exposure studies估算
Firms using AI or robotspercent of firmsper surveyBusiness surveys已报告
Displaced worker re-employment ratepercent re-employed within a yearper surveyDisplaced worker surveys已报告
Wage change after displacementpercentper surveyLinked employer-employee data估算
Labour share of income占 GDP 的百分比年度国民账户估算
New job titles emerging计数年度Occupational classification updates and job postings观测
06来源

证据来自何处。

具名公共数据集与机构记录,各自注明许可类别。依协议获得的来源仅按其条款使用,绝不再次发布。

来源它提供什么许可类别
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开放,CC BY 4.0
Eurostat enterprise AI and robot use statisticsAdoption by firmsOpen, Eurostat reuse policy
07决定

由谁决定,以及证据服务于什么。

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.

谁来决定问题本页面服务的证据
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

该主题产生的产出

  • 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核心问题

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机制

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方法与数据

Evidence on automation and its limits.

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    Task exposure measures

    Matching technology capabilities to occupational task descriptions, informed by 人工智能与机器学习 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 计量经济学. Results differ between countries and periods.

  3. 03

    Workplace experiments

    Randomised or natural experiments in firms adopting AI, using 社会与行为科学. 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.

11方法

如何研究,以及方法无法说明的内容。

12Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

阅读本页时所对照的机构和文件。状态和版本会变化;每个链接都指向发布机构。

14问题

问题与解答。

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.
报告贡献

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报告 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.

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