Robotization and Employment: the Deferred Threat
https://doi.org/10.26794/2220-6469-2019-13-1-25-35
Abstract
The article analyses the possible impact of economy robotisation on the unemployment rate. Structurally, the article consists of four parts. The first part describes the threats to employment, associated with robotisation. The second part is devoted to the analysis of the dynamics of the unemployment rate for countries — leaders of the economy robotisation. The results of the study allow us to conclude that at the current stage the robotisation of the economies of the countries leading at this process is accompanied by the creation of new jobs and a shortage of labour resources. The third part of the article explains the results of the analysis. It is substantiated that the growth in the number of jobs in developed countries as a result of robotisation has been achieved by reducing the number of jobs in developing countries. This process is the first wave of the results of economy robotisation. The fourth part of the article describes the spread of the second wave of economy robotisation. The characteristic of its possible negative impact on the economy of developed countries is given, the reasons for this influence are described, possible options for further development of the situation are analyzed.
Keywords
economy robotisation,
unemployment,
employment rate,
investment multiplier,
economic development,
economic security
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared within the framework of the university-wide integrated theme of the Financial University.
About the Author
V. V. Eremin
Financial University
Russian Federation
Vladimir V. Eremin — Cand. Sci. (Econ.), a leading researcher of the Center for Monitoring and Evaluation of Economic Security, Institute of Economic Policy and Economic Security, Moscow, Russia
Russian Federation
Vladimir V. Eremin — Cand. Sci. (Econ.), a leading researcher of the Center for Monitoring and Evaluation of Economic Security, Institute of Economic Policy and Economic Security, Moscow, Russia
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Eremin V.V. Robotization and Employment: the Deferred Threat. The world of new economy. 2019;13(1):25-35. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2220-6469-2019-13-1-25-35
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