What about the widespread adoption of mobile phones with unlimited data and ubiquitous shopping apps in the 2010's so that people can now shop wherever they are, instead of only In front of their computer?
The period 1980-2010 “saw growth in basic manual labor and personal services occupations, which don’t pay very well but are difficult for machines to automate.”
Do the data for ‘low-skill’jobs in the subsequent period 2010-to date suggest negative growth for occupations becoming easier to automate? In other words, to which extent are we confident that the technology is the driving factor behind changes at the low end of the occupation scale?
Concerning the high-end of the occupation scale, should not we expect the distribution of cognitive abilities (which have ceased improving in the absolute in the population: flatlining or reversal of the Flynn effect) to put limits to its growth?
What about the widespread adoption of mobile phones with unlimited data and ubiquitous shopping apps in the 2010's so that people can now shop wherever they are, instead of only In front of their computer?
It would be interesting to see any correlation existing between the rise of social media during the period when retail sales jobs started dropping.
Fascinating findings. Allow me two questions:
The period 1980-2010 “saw growth in basic manual labor and personal services occupations, which don’t pay very well but are difficult for machines to automate.”
Do the data for ‘low-skill’jobs in the subsequent period 2010-to date suggest negative growth for occupations becoming easier to automate? In other words, to which extent are we confident that the technology is the driving factor behind changes at the low end of the occupation scale?
Concerning the high-end of the occupation scale, should not we expect the distribution of cognitive abilities (which have ceased improving in the absolute in the population: flatlining or reversal of the Flynn effect) to put limits to its growth?