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1 The Future of Work Yumiko Murakami Head, OECD Tokyo Centre
14 Nov, 2018 @High – level Conference Part I: "EU-Japan EPA – additional opportunities for trade, investment and cooperation"

2 The 4th Industrial Revolution is well underway

3 The adoption of new technology is not inevitable

4 The risk of automation may be exaggerated (though many jobs will change)

5 Most countries have seen increases in employment rates

6 History suggests new jobs will emerge too, complementary to digital technologies
Source: Wall Street Journal, “Workers, fear not the Apocalypse”, 5 September 2017

7 The slowdown in wage growth was widely spread

8 Jobs created are not the same as those disappearing: labour markets are polarising

9 Many workers do not have the right skills for the new jobs

10 The risk of automation is highest for lowskilled low-paid workers

11 Some policy options Retention and advancement schemes – E.g. Germany
Individual learning accounts – E.g. Compte Personnel de Formation in France Lifelong guidance – E.g. career guidance voucher in Flanders (Belgium) Training targeted at new forms of work – E.g. Bridge to Employment in San Francisco

12 Does policy need a paradigm shift?

13 The kind of things that are easy to teach are now easy to automate, digitize or outsource

14 Move to a new model for skills development
Accelerating pace of technological change creates need for skills development across the life course Move to a new model for skills development

15 Open/Distance Learners are Young, Highly Skilled and Educated

16 Problem Solving Skills Improve with Prolonged Digital Exposure
AVERAGE SCORE IN PROBLEM SOLVING IN TECHNOLOGY-RICH ENVIRONMENTS OF WORKERS IN DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS Source: Survey of Adult Skills (2012, 2015)

17 The Uneven Reality of Lifelong Learning (Open/Distance Education)
SHARE OF POPULATION HAVING PARTICIPATED IN OPEN/DISTANCE EDUCATION IN LAST 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO SURVEY, BY AGE GROUP Source: Survey of Adult Skills (2012, 2015)

18 Open Education Mainly Used by Those in Formal Education in the Labour Market
SHARE OF STUDENTS HAVING PARTICIPATED IN OPEN/DISTANCE EDUCATION IN LAST 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO SURVEY, BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS Source: Survey of Adult Skills (2012, 2015)

19 Opportunities and policies to foster jobs in the digital economy
New and potentially better paid jobs Fewer dangerous jobs, more flexibility Policies: Requires a well-functioning labour market to facilitate redeployment and mobility Formal and informal learning mechanisms to ensure workers have the right mix of skills, with new forms of education and adult learning Co-ordination among education and training institutions, employers and social partners – social dialogue will help Provide social and employment protection, especially for non- standard, irregular workers Adaptation – build confidence in society’s ability to change and people to benefit


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