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The benefits of job automation are not likely to be shared equally

  • Written by Shahid M Shahiduzzaman, Research Fellow, Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology

While companies might reap significant gains in productivity from automating certain jobs, this won’t necessarily lead to pay rises for everyone. The evidence suggests businesses might pass on the gains to some workers, but not to all.

Some 40% of all jobs are predicted to disappear with automation in Australia. The jobs most likely to go...

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