Adult training in the digital age

Eckhardt Bode and Robert Gold

Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), 2018, vol. 12, No 2018-36, 14 pages

Abstract: Digital technologies will both create new jobs and replace existing ones. To cope with increasing labor market dynamics in the digital age, workers will have to become more mobile across jobs, occupations, and industries. The relative importance of their job-specific skills will decrease while that of their general skills applicable to various occupations will increase. The G20 should establish national adult training programs that focus on improving workers' general skills, specifically their theoretical, non-cognitive, and digital skills. These general skills will enable workers to work with technology instead of competing with it, thereby increasing their job mobility and employability.

Keywords: digitalization; employability; job mobility; adult training; skills; G20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 I38 J24 J62 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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