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Abstract:
In recent decades, the diffusion of digital technology into nearly every business and workplace, also known as 'digitalization', has been remaking the U.S. economy and the world of work. The 'digitalization of everything' has at once increased the potential of individuals, firms, and society while also contributing to a series of troublesome impacts and inequalities, such as worker pay disparities across many demographics, and the divergence of metropolitan economic outcomes. In light of that, this report presents a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of 545 occupations... [+] Show more
Subjects: Technology; Workforce development; Industry; Employment; Income; Skills and knowledge
Keywords: Technological change; Digitalisation; Case study; Occupation; Skill analysis; Skill needs; Skill development; Data analysis; Digital skills
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Published: Washington, District of Columbia: Brookings Institution, 2017
Physical description: 59 p. (report) + [2] p. (executive summary) + 9 p. (appendix A) + 32 p. (appendix B) + 1 infographic
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https://www.brookings.edu/research/digitalization-and-the-american-workforce/