Folgen der Digitalisierung für die Arbeitswelt: In kaum einem Beruf ist der Mensch vollständig ersetzbar (Impacts of digitalisation for the working environment: Hardly any occupation is completely substitutable)

Katharina Dengler and Britta Matthes
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Katharina Dengler: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Britta Matthes: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Katharina Grienberger

No 201524, IAB-Kurzbericht from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "The ongoing digitalisation will continue to change the future working environment. However, different impacts for single occupations may emerge. We analyse for Germany the degree of substitution of occupational tasks by computerisation (substitution potential). Both unskilled or semi-skilled activities and specialist activities show a higher average substitution potential compared with activities that require a higher qualification. The substitution potential is high for occupations in the industrial production and low for occupations in the social and cultural services. Approximately 15 per cent of employees subject to social insurance contributions have a high substitution potential in the year 2013 in Germany, i.e. they are employed in an occupation in which more than 70 per cent of the tasks could already be substituted by computerisation. However, it is very unlikely that occupations may completely disappear." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Beruf; Berufsabschnitt; Qualifikationsanforderungen; Digitale Arbeitswelt; Substitutionseffekte; Substitutionspotenzial; Tätigkeitswandel; technischer Wandel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2015
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