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For a century and a half, computers, machines and robots have created more jobs than they have
destroyed, according to new research published this week.
Economists at Deloitte studied employment records in England and Wales for every decade since
1871. They also analyzed labor data from 1992.
Researchers Ian Stewart, Debapratim De and Alex Cole found that jobs that require a routine have
declined the most because they can be easily substituted by technology.
Among them:
-- Footwear and leather working jobs, which have declined 82% since 1992.
-- Weavers and knitters (-79%)
-- Metal making and treating process operators (-70%)
-- Typists and related keyboard occupations (-57%)
-- Secretaries (-52%)
-- Energy plant workers (-51%)
-- Farm workers (-50%)
-- Metal machine setters and setter-operators (-44%)
Non-routine jobs, on the other hand, have exploded.
"Technology is highly complementary to cognitive, non-routine tasks...[and] there is little
opportunity to apply technology in non-routine manual tasks, such as those done by care home
workers."
Specifically, the independent study found that the number of nursing jobs skyrocketed 909% since
1992. Teaching jobs ballooned 580%.
Other industries that have benefited significantly:
-- Management consultants and business analysts (+365%)
-- I.T. managers (+195%)
-- Welfare, housing, youth and community workers (+183%)
-- Care workers and home carers (+168%)
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