The future of employment: how susceptible are jobs to computerisation?

[The authors] examine how susceptible jobs are to computerisation. To assess this, [the authors] begin by implementing a novel methodology to estimate the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations, using a Gaussian process classifier. Based on these estimates, [the authors] examine expected impacts of future computerisation on US labour market outcomes, with the primary objective of analysing the number of jobs at risk and the relationship between an occupation's probability of computerisation, wages and educational attainment. According to [the authors'] estimates, about 47 ... Show more

Authors: Frey, Carl Benedikt; Osborne, Michael

Published: Oxford, England, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, 2013

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 72 p.

Access item: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf

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