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Automation Risk Affects Young Adults Occupational Preferences

Rundström, Marcus LU (2024) NEKP01 20241
Department of Economics
Abstract
Research has long been interested in technological development and its effect on human outcomes, but we know little about how automation risk affects occupational and educational choices. I used a pre-registered online experiment with an information treatment containing the automation risk for teachers, economists, office clerks, and registered nurses to investigate how automation risk affects attractiveness and the probability of entering a specific occupation. Economists and office clerks receive lower occupational attractiveness. Next, I found a decreased probability of becoming an office clerk, while there was no effect for the remaining occupations. I documented differences between men and women, as well as race. The effects are also... (More)
Research has long been interested in technological development and its effect on human outcomes, but we know little about how automation risk affects occupational and educational choices. I used a pre-registered online experiment with an information treatment containing the automation risk for teachers, economists, office clerks, and registered nurses to investigate how automation risk affects attractiveness and the probability of entering a specific occupation. Economists and office clerks receive lower occupational attractiveness. Next, I found a decreased probability of becoming an office clerk, while there was no effect for the remaining occupations. I documented differences between men and women, as well as race. The effects are also driven by changed perceptions regarding the occupations of economists and office clerks, where they are perceived to have lower future salaries, social status, and job stability. (Less)
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author
Rundström, Marcus LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKP01 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Automation risk, Occupational choice, Job preferences, Technology, Experiment
language
English
id
9166243
date added to LUP
2024-10-01 13:20:02
date last changed
2024-10-01 13:20:02
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  abstract     = {{Research has long been interested in technological development and its effect on human outcomes, but we know little about how automation risk affects occupational and educational choices. I used a pre-registered online experiment with an information treatment containing the automation risk for teachers, economists, office clerks, and registered nurses to investigate how automation risk affects attractiveness and the probability of entering a specific occupation. Economists and office clerks receive lower occupational attractiveness. Next, I found a decreased probability of becoming an office clerk, while there was no effect for the remaining occupations. I documented differences between men and women, as well as race. The effects are also driven by changed perceptions regarding the occupations of economists and office clerks, where they are perceived to have lower future salaries, social status, and job stability.}},
  author       = {{Rundström, Marcus}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Automation Risk Affects Young Adults Occupational Preferences}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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