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Technological change and the labor market in Argentina and Uruguay : a task content analysis

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  • Apella,Ignacio Raul
  • Zunino,Gonzalo

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The objective of this paper is to analyze the employment profile trends in Argentina and Uruguay according to the task content performed by the workers in their jobs. The paper aims to produce an approximation of the impact of technological change on the labor market. The paper uses the definition of an indicator that captures the relative importance of four types of tasks, cognitive/manual and routine/nonroutine, based on the information provided by Occupational Information Network and household surveys. The analysis finds that in the last two decades the relative importance of cognitive tasks in the workplace has increased in line with the reduction of manual tasks, particularly among the youngest cohorts.

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  • Apella,Ignacio Raul & Zunino,Gonzalo, 2017. "Technological change and the labor market in Argentina and Uruguay : a task content analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8215, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8215
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    1. Caitlin Allen Whitehead & Haroon Bhorat & Robert Hill & Tim Köhler & François Steenkamp, 2021. "The Potential Employment Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: The Case of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector," Working Papers 202106, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
    2. Zunino, Gonzalo & Apella, Ignacio, 2022. "Technological change and labour market trends in Latin America and the Caribbean: a task content approach," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
    3. Jasmine Mondolo, 2022. "The composite link between technological change and employment: A survey of the literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(4), pages 1027-1068, September.
    4. Jerzy Kaźmierczyk & Gulnara Fatykhovna Romashkina & Przemysław Macholak, 2020. "Lifelong learning as an employee retention tool. Comparative banking analysis," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(1), pages 1064-1080, September.

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    Labor Policies; Rural Labor Markets;

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