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28 of October, 2016Research year: 2016
Impacts of automation on the labor market in Hungary

The new (digital) revolution generates significant changes in the labor market. The result of the ‘skilled-biased technological change’ suggests the following expectations: the demand for unskilled workers will decrease and the demand for high educated labor force will significantly increase. The full automation of certain professions will result in a decrease in the number of work places. In the IEER research the possible effects of automation on the Hungarian labor market were studied with a primary focus on the effects on districts and counties.

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