The Potential Employment Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: The Case of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector
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Keywords
Automation; employment; manufacturing; fourth industrial revolution; task content of occupations; technology;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ISF-2021-08-09 (Islamic Finance)
- NEP-LAB-2021-08-09 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-TID-2021-08-09 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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