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Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality

Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs—designer, engineer—people become more productive with sophisticated software at their side. In other cases, forms of automation, from robots to phone-answering systems, have simply replaced factory workers, receptionists, and many other kinds of employees.

Now a new study co-authored by an MIT economist suggests automation has a bigger impact on the labor market and income inequality than previous research would indicate—and identifies the year 1987 as a key inflection point in this process, the moment when jobs lost to automation stopped being replaced by an […]

Expect more technically skilled jobs and more automation in the post-COVID-19 economy

Expect more technically skilled jobs and more automation in the post-COVID-19 economy

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The pandemic created by COVID-19 has in many unexpected or unprepared ways significantly slowed or halted economic activity locally, nationally and globally. Small businesses, factories, industries and warehouses have been forced to shut down to protect their workers, while those that are essential struggle with preventing further outbreaks through distancing, mitigation and innovation.

Could a more technically skilled and automated workforce have reduced or alleviated the economic damage caused by COVID-19 and the possible measures undertaken to address its effect on today’s workforce? Studies have been conducted and reports released with supporting data on the […]

Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality

Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality

This is part 3 of a three-part series examining the effects of robots and automation on employment, based on new research from economist and Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu.

Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer — people become more productive with sophisticated software at their side. In other cases, forms of automation, from robots to phone-answering systems, have simply replaced factory workers, receptionists, and many other kinds of employees.

Now a new study co-authored by an MIT economist suggests automation has a bigger impact on the labor market and income inequality than […]

Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality

Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality

This is part 3 of a three-part series examining the effects of robots and automation on employment, based on new research from economist and Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu.

Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer — people become more productive with sophisticated software at their side. In other cases, forms of automation, from robots to phone-answering systems, have simply replaced factory workers, receptionists, and many other kinds of employees.

Now a new study co-authored by an MIT economist suggests automation has a bigger impact on the labor market and income inequality than […]

Industrial Automation Market Projected To Rise At An Impressive CAGR Of 8.7% By 2027| ABB Ltd, Bosch, Honeywell Solutions, FANUC Corporation, Emerson, Voith Group, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, Rockwell Automation, Toshiba Corporation, Yaskawa

Industrial Automation Market Projected To Rise At An Impressive CAGR Of 8.7% By 2027| ABB Ltd, Bosch, Honeywell Solutions, FANUC Corporation, Emerson, Voith Group, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, Rockwell Automation, Toshiba Corporation, Yaskawa

Industrial Automation Market 2020 Recent research and the current scenario as well as future market potential of "Global Industrial Automation Market 2020".

The Global Industrial Automation market is projected to rise at an impressive CAGR of 8.7% by 2020-2027.

Get Free Sample Report of Industrial Automation Market & COVID-19 Impact Analysis @ https://decisionmarketreports.com/request-sample/1327411Industrial automation is defined as the use of automatic control devices and technology that results in the automatic control and operation of industrial processes without human interference and achieving superior performance than manual control used in various industries by using robotics and computer software. Industrial Automation is the replacement […]

Parking Lots Are Turning Into Waiting Lots, Plus Other Changes and Patterns

Parking Lots Are Turning Into Waiting Lots, Plus Other Changes and Patterns

Time marches on and the world is settling into new patterns. We are starting to see a flattening curve in some jurisdictions and some economies are announcing phased reopenings.

Government funding, for the most part, has been designed and is being dispersed.

The economic impact of COVID-19 is deep and deepening and the human tragedy is unparalleled in history. This is an inflection point in our history.While many are yearning and waiting for a return to normal, things will not be the same . New patterns are emerging, previous trends are amplified and behaviours that couldn’t be changed prior have changed […]

Automation Part 3: A New Age Of Work

Automation Part 3: A New Age Of Work

In this final part of Silicon UK’s look at automation, we consider what the future holds for all enterprises. What should your business’s automation roadmap look like?

There is little doubt that automation will have a profound and lasting impact on many businesses. According to research commissioned by Expleo , 39% of employed adults agreed that technology enables them to work faster. In comparison, nearly a third (32%) stated that “greater access to information” has improved their working lives.

Automation has often been portrayed in a negative light with mass job losses often cited as the primary result of more automation. […]

Automation: In Focus

Automation: In Focus

Marcos Kauffman is currently the Director at the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) – Coventry University Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Intellectual Property Strategy Director at Next Seti International.

Marcos joined the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) at Coventry University in 2016 as Innovation and Digital Director. In 2019 Marcos has taken the position of Director of the AME, a unique partnership between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing which was formed in late 2013 with the objective of bringing together business, research and education to accelerate the development of industry-ready graduates and commercialisation of new […]

Automation would have eased some Covid economic pain, but the world isn’t prepared

Automation would have eased some Covid economic pain, but the world isn’t prepared

An employee fits a wheel in a car factory | Representational image | Photo: Udit Kulshrestha | Bloomberg The coronavirus outbreak is proving to be the largest disruption to human life we’ve experienced in a long while. It has created a global sense of existential fragility and an unsettlingly invidious insecurity. It has also forced adaptation to a previously unimaginable extent.

It’s not as if we hadn’t been constantly made aware of our broken world order and the need to prepare for adaptation by the scientific and policy community before, but the adaptation was always meant to be gradual and […]

How Covid-19 could create work for robots and why workers should own them

How Covid-19 could create work for robots and why workers should own them

File picture: Pexels Covid-19 has brought to us a crisis that is sort of a catalyst.

All of a sudden, companies – large and small – are exploring how they can use robots to increase social distancing and reduce the number of staff that have to physically come to work. Robots are also being used to perform roles workers cannot do at home.

Some retailers are considering using robots to scrub its floors. In other parts of the world, robots have been used to measure temperatures and distribute hand sanitisers. With health experts warning some social distancing measures may need to […]