Web developer job advert in newspaper The evolution and changing content of work is a defining feature of advanced economies. The most advertised jobs in 1990 did not exist as job titles in the 1950s (Atalayt al. 2020) and 63% of employment in 2018 was performed in jobs that did not exist in the 1940s (Autor, Chin, Salomons, and Seegmiller, 2024). An economy’s capacity to create tasks and functions that culminate into distinctly new types of jobs – ‘new work’ – is crucial for maintaining employment and continued economic prosperity (Autor, 2015). Jobs described as “data warehouse architect”, “internet […]
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