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Work changes when technologies, contracts, skills and institutions change, and research on that change is often loud and weakly identified. This lab studies how automation, platform work, remote work, skills سیستەمە and workplace institutions reshape jobs and organisations, with designs that can tell a real effect from a trend. This page sets out the mechanisms, the measures, the data, the methods and the people who decide on the evidence.

02The question

Future of work lab: how the risk develops.

Workforce and institutional change research. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

میکانیزم

Tasks change before jobs

Technologies automate or augment specific tasks, not whole occupations. Jobs are rebundled, skill demands shift within roles, and the effect on employment depends on how firms reorganise work around the tool.

میکانیزم

Exposure is not impact

Indices of which occupations are exposed to a technology describe potential, not outcome. Adoption, cost, regulation and bargaining decide what happens, so exposure indices need causal evidence before they inform policy.

میکانیزم

Institutions mediate change

Collective agreements, training سیستەمە, پاراستنی کۆمەڵایەتی and labour law shape whether change raises productivity and wages or shifts risk onto workers. The same technology can produce different outcomes under different institutions.

میکانیزم

Workplace trials carry power

Experiments inside firms involve employees who may not feel free to refuse. Consent, worker representation, data protection and a real right to opt out decide whether a workplace study is ethical and its results credible.

03ئەنجامدەر

کۆگا، ڕەوت، دواکەوتن و ئاستی هەڵگەڕانەوە.

دوو کۆگا، فشار و توانای گونجان، بە خولی گەشەی بەهێزکەر، وەڵامدانەوەی هاوسەنگکەری دواکەوتوو و زیان کاتێک گوشار لە توانا تێدەپەڕێت پێکەوە بەستراون؛ لە ئاستەکە تێپەڕ سیستەمەکە دەتوانێت هەڵبگەڕێتەوە. مۆدێلی فێرکاری بە بەهای نموونەیی ڕاگەیەندراو، نەک پێشبینی.

کۆنترۆڵەکان

زیادبوونی گوشار
6.0% لە ساڵێکدا
کاریگەریی توانا لە کەمکردنەوەی فشار
4.0% لە ساڵێکدا
وەڵامدانەوەی وەبەرهێنان بۆ گوشاری هەستپێکراو
20%
دواکەوتنی هەستپێکردن
4.0 ساڵ
ئاستی هەڵگەڕانەوەی گوشار
ئیندێکسی 60
زیادبوون لە ئاستەکە تێپەڕ
2.0 جار
ساڵی ئەزموونکراو
50 ساڵ

خوێندنەوەکان

بەرزترین گوشار
113 نیشاندەر
توانا لە کۆتاییدا
ئیندێکسی 186
ساڵانی سەرووی ئاستەکە
15.8 ساڵ
ژمارە، ڕێگا و سەرچاوەکان
ساڵگوشارتواناهەستپێکراو
020.050.020.0
423.344.921.2
827.242.224.0
1231.742.327.7
1636.845.532.2
2042.351.537.2
2447.960.342.6
2853.271.348.0
3257.884.353.1
3666.498.458.4
4082.7115.969.7
4497.8139.783.8
48109.1169.497.3

میتۆدەکان

  1. دینامیکی سیستەم Forrester (1961)، Industrial Dynamics، MIT Press؛ Sterman (2000)، Business Dynamics
  2. گۆڕانی ڕەخنەگرانە و خاڵەکانی هەڵگەڕانەوە Scheffer و ئەوانی دیکە (2009)، Early-warning signals for critical transitions، Nature 461
  3. هێڵکاری خولگەی هۆکاری Sterman (2000)، Business Dynamics، McGraw-Hill
  4. پەنجەی نادڵنیایی (مۆنتی کارلۆی پارامیتەر) Spiegelhalter, Pearson و Short (2011)، Visualising uncertainty about the future، Science 333
  5. هەستیاریی یەک-یەک (تۆرناد) Saltelli و ئەوانی دیکە (2008)، Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer، Wiley

داتا

No observed data enters this model: it runs on the teaching values set by the controls, to be replaced with a programme’s own evidence.

کۆگا، ڕەوت، دواکەوتن و ئاستی هەڵگەڕانەوە. مۆدێلی فێرکاریی نموونەیی: لەسەر ئەو بەهایانە کار دەکات کە کۆنترۆڵەکان دایاندەنێن، نەک داتای پێوراو. ڕێگاکان: دینامیکی سیستەم (Forrester (1961)، Industrial Dynamics، MIT Press؛ Sterman (2000)، Business Dynamics)؛ گۆڕانی ڕەخنەگرانە و خاڵەکانی هەڵگەڕانەوە (Scheffer و ئەوانی دیکە (2009)، Early-warning signals for critical transitions، Nature 461)؛ هێڵکاری خولگەی هۆکاری (Sterman (2000)، Business Dynamics، McGraw-Hill).

لە ناو شەش کۆڵەکەکەدا، بە سەرپەرشتیی Nexus Consortium

04In the five domains

The work lab studies change in each domain’s workforce.

05ڕێگا و بەڵگە

How future of work lab 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.

مۆدێل، هاوکێشەکان و گریمانەکان

The model structure used for future of work lab, the assumptions it makes and how each is tested.

مەترسیی توخمی iRi = f(Hi, Ei, Vi, Ci)مەترسیدەر، ڕووبەڕووبوون، لاوازی و توانای مامەڵەکردن
زیانی ساڵانەی چاوەڕوانکراوEAL = ∑k pk · Lkبەسەر ڕووداوەکانی k بە ئەگەری ساڵانەی pk
سیستەمە هاوبەستەکانxt+1 = A xt + B ut + εtA carries the couplings, u the shock, ε the error
گریمانەبۆچی دروست دەکرێتچۆن تاقی دەکرێتەوە
مەترسیدەر و ڕووبەڕووبوون لە ناو پێشهاتێکدا سەربەخۆنئینتێگراڵی زیان بە ئاسانی دەهێڵێتەوەبەراورد بکە لەگەڵ گونجاندنی کۆپیولا لەسەر تۆمارە هاوبەشەکان
هاوبەستییەکان لە نزیک خاڵی کارکردن هێڵینڕێگە دەدات شۆکەکان بڵاو ببنەوە لە Aلە دەرەوەی مەودای هێڵیی شڵەژێنە و بەراورد بکە
چەمکەکانی لاوازی لە شوێنێکەوە بۆ شوێنێکی تر دەگوازرێنەوەچەمکی ناوخۆیی بە دەگمەن بەردەستەلەگەڵ زیانە چاودێریکراوەکان پشتڕاستی بکەرەوە کە هەن
تێکردنەکان
کۆمەڵە داتای وەشانکراو لەگەڵ ڕەسەنایەتی
دەرچووەکان
دابەشبوون، نەک یەک ژمارە
کۆد
بڵاوکراوەتەوە لەگەڵ کارتی مۆدێل و تاقیکردنەوەکان
بەرهەمهێنانەوە
هەمان داتا، کۆد، ژینگە و تۆو
فۆرمۆلەکردنی مەترسی و دۆخ-بۆشایی ستاندارد؛ ئەو گریمانانەی لیست کراون ئاسایین بۆ ڕێگاکە، بۆ پێداچوونەوە ڕاگەیەندراون، نەک ئەنجام.
پرەنسیپە ڕێنماییەکانی FAIR · GO FAIR و FORCE11W3C PROV · World Wide Web Consortiumڕێنمایی بۆ مامەڵەی یەکسان لەگەڵ نادڵنیاییەکان · IPCCCEOS Analysis Ready Data · Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
06نیشاندەرەکان

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.

IndicatorUnitCadenceSource typeناونیشان
Task exposure indexdimensionless index by occupationannualTask databases mapped to technology capabilityمۆدێلکراو
Firm adoption of the studied technologypercent of firmsannualEnterprise surveysمەزەندەکراو
Adult skills proficiencyscore on the survey scaleper survey cycleOECD Survey of Adult Skillsچاودێریکراو
Job quality indexcomposite indexper survey cycleWorking conditions surveysمەزەندەکراو
Participation in job-related trainingpercent of adultsannualLabour force and adult education surveysئامارە بڵاوکراوەکان
Pre-analysis plans for workplace trialspercent of trials registered before launchannualAEA RCT Registryئامارە بڵاوکراوەکان
Worker representatives consultedpercent of workplace studiesper studyStudy ethics recordsDECLARED
07سەرچاوەکان

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.

سەرچاوەWhat it givesLicence class
ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization)Employment, hours, wages and informality by countryFree and open, CC BY
OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)Literacy, numeracy and problem solving of adults, with job tasksOECD terms; microdata by release
O*NET (US Department of Labor)Task, skill and work activity descriptors by occupationOpen, CC BY
ESCO (European Commission)Multilingual classification of skills, competences and occupationsFree and open, attribution
European Working Conditions Survey (Eurofound)Job quality, autonomy, work intensity and representationFree for research, end-user licence
AEA RCT Registry (American Economic Association)Registered field experiments and pre-analysis plans in economicsFree access, terms of use
National labour force surveysEmployment, occupation and training microdataTerms per statistical office
08بڕیارەکان

Who decides, and what the evidence serves.

Labs prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

کێ بڕیار دەداتThe questionEvidence this page serves
Labour ministries and public employment servicesWhich training and transition programmes to fund or scaleImpact evaluations with credible comparison groups, cost data, effects by group
Employers and worker representativesWhether and how to introduce a technology, with what consultation and safeguardsPilot evaluation, task and job-quality effects, data protection assessment
Research ethics committeesWhether a workplace experiment protects voluntariness and personal dataConsent design, opt-out route, representation agreement, data minimisation
Research fundersWhich questions on work and technology merit sustained fundingEvidence gaps mapped by strength of design, not by volume of commentary

Outputs this topic produces

  • Pre-analysis plans for workplace and labour market trials
  • Occupational task maps linked to technology capability, with the method stated
  • Evaluations of training and transition programmes with the identification strategy stated
  • Ethics and consultation records for studies inside workplaces
09Core questions

What experts ask about changing work.

  • Which tasks within an occupation are changing, rather than which jobs disappear?
  • Who bears the costs of transition, by region, age, sex, sector and skill level?
  • Which training, matching and income-support measures actually change outcomes?
  • How do institutions such as schools, unions, employers and public employment services adapt?
  • How do heat, disasters and supply disruptions affect work and safety?
10Mechanisms and drivers

The forces reshaping work.

Economists analyse technological change at the level of tasks. A technology may substitute for some tasks, complement others and create new ones; the net effect on an occupation depends on the mix and on how employers reorganise work. Automation and AI tend to affect routine cognitive and manual tasks first, but recent tools also reach into tasks once thought to require judgement.

Other forces act alongside technology. Ageing populations change labour supply and care needs. Climate change raises heat exposure for outdoor and industrial workers and shifts employment between sectors during energy transitions. Trade and supply-chain disruptions can concentrate job losses in particular places, where the effects persist for years.

Institutions shape outcomes. The same technology can produce very different results depending on training سیستەمە, labour law, پاراستنی کۆمەڵایەتی and bargaining arrangements.

11Methods and data

Evidence and its limits.

  1. 01

    Task and occupation data

    Classifications of work activities linked to employment data. They lag behind real change and vary between countries.

  2. 02

    Labour force and administrative records

    Surveys and registers tracking employment, earnings and transitions. Access is often restricted and linking sources raises privacy questions.

  3. 03

    Impact evaluation

    Randomised and quasi-experimental studies of training and matching programmes using causal inference. Results may not transfer across labour markets.

  4. 04

    Workplace experiments

    Controlled trials of new tools or practices inside organisations, under consent and ethics review.

Forecasts of jobs lost or created are highly sensitive to assumptions and are not presented as predictions. The lab reports scenarios with their assumptions.

12میتۆدەکان

How it is studied, and what the methods cannot say.

13Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

ئەو لەش و بەڵگەنامانەی ئەم لاپەڕەیەیان لەگەڵ دەخوێنرێتەوە. دۆخ و وەشانەکان دەگۆڕێن؛ هەر بەستەرێک دەچێتە لای لەشی دەرکەر.

14پرسیارەکان

پرسیار و وەڵام.

Does exposure to automation mean jobs will be lost?
No. Exposure measures which tasks a technology could perform. Whether employment falls, rises or changes shape depends on adoption, costs, demand and institutions, and needs causal evidence.
Why register a pre-analysis plan for a field experiment?
Labour data offer many outcomes and subgroups. A registered plan fixes which ones test the hypothesis, so a reported effect is not simply the best of many tries.
Can employees refuse to take part in a workplace study?
They should be able to, without consequence. Ethics committees look for genuine voluntariness, independent consent routes and, where relevant, agreement with worker representatives.
Does the lab predict how many jobs will be lost to AI?
No. It studies how tasks change and what helps people adapt. Where scenarios are used, they are presented with their assumptions, not as forecasts.
Can an employer run a workplace trial with the lab?
A trial can be proposed. It proceeds only under a published protocol, with consent from workers and independent ethics review.
How does this lab differ from the Future of Work and Skills platform?
The platform covers the field as a whole; the lab runs experiments and evaluations that feed it.
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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.

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