The impact of technological change and automation on the demand for labor is a key policy issue that is the subject of much research. "Why are there still so many jobs? The history and future of workplace automation". What does this hypothesis by David autor imply. And how is it relevant in today's era.

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The impact of technological change and automation on the demand for labor is a key policy issue that is the subject of much research. "Why are there still so many jobs? The history and future of workplace automation". What does this hypothesis by David autor imply. And how is it relevant in today's era.

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Workplace Automation

Workplace automation is the activity for guiding software or hardware with the connectivity of the network to generate workflows that is automated.
When you operate a button with a single press, all other actions are done accordingly. Mostly applied on repetitive tasks because when this is not done various manual actions have to be carried out.

The Impact of technological change and automation on demand of jobs

The impact of technology change makes a demand on the job due to higher introduction of robots where cost production falls down, the impact of employment is more seen in men than women,  the impact are more viewed in manufacturing sectors.

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