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Will automation cause rising unemployment by 2020?

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<body><h2>Please predict ...</h2>
<p>.. the future employment level of low-level education workers. A lower level could indicate an effect of automation, but obviously also be the result of other causes.</p>
<h2><a class="wiki-img" href="/mediadb/image/5dd4fdb3c6ed47fcb6a276ce330a710a/"><img alt="Automated production line - Copyright: Ramesh Pathania / Mint" height="201" src="/media/displays/5dd4fdb3c6ed47fcb6a276ce330a710a/wiki_medium.png" width="301"/></a>Automation and education of workers</h2>
<p>Jobs that are routine, repetitive and predictable are most easily done by a machine, for example manual labour in manufacturing but also jobs in service sector such as telemarketing or cooking (fast food). [1]</p>
<p>Other jobs may change, leaving the menial tasks to machines. Humans must aquire new, higher-level skillsets for their upgraded jobs or risk unemployment. Therefore workers with a low level of education should be at a higher risk.</p>
<p>The Luddite Fallacy [2] states that technological advancement does not destroy jobs - it only changes the composition of jobs in the economy. New technologies create new jobs with higher-level skills and a general rise in income. However, some challenge the fallacy as knowledge jobs may now be subject to automation, too.</p>
<h2>Employment rate of workers below second level education</h2>
<p>Below is actual labour market data over the past twelve years for low-level education. It could point more to the financial cisis of 2007/2008 or to general economic performance as causes for such unemployment. In Germany, a generally improving labour market spilled over to low-level education workers.</p>
<p><a class="wiki-img" href="/mediadb/image/11eed6c39513438f85654b397cc3a124/"><img alt="Employment rate of under second level education workers - Copyright: OECD Data" src="/media/displays/11eed6c39513438f85654b397cc3a124/wiki_medium.png"/></a></p>
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<em>Source: Employment by education level - Lowest level education, OECD Data [3].</em></p>
<h2>Sources</h2>
<p>[1] The Guardian - "<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/26/jobs-future-automation-robots-skills-creative-health" target="_blank">What jobs will still be around in 20 years? Read this to prepare your future</a>"</p>
<p>[2] Technostism Wikia - "<a href="http://technostism.wikia.com/wiki/Luddite_Fallacy" target="_blank">Luddite Fallacy</a>"</p>
<p>[3] OECD Data - "<a href="https://data.oecd.org/emp/employment-by-education-level.htm#indicator-chart" target="_blank">Employment by education level</a>" for below upper secondary education.</p>
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