Foresight and STI Governance, 2019 We investigate the impact of new digital technologies upon occupations. We argue that these impacts may be both destructive and transformative.
Frank Fossen, Alina Sorgner
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How Nascent Occupations Construct a Mandate: The Case of Service Designers’ Ethos
Administrative Science Quarterly, 2017 In this paper, we study the way that nascent occupations constructing an occupational mandate invoke not only skills and expertise or a new technology to distinguish themselves from other occupations, but also their values.
Anne-Laure Fayard +2 more
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How will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries? [PDF]
Social Science Research Network, 2023 Recent dramatic increases in AI language modeling capabilities has led to many questions about the effect of these technologies on the economy. In this paper we present a methodology to systematically assess the extent to which occupations, industries ...
E. Felten, Manav Raj, Robert C. Seamans
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Analysis of Differences in Preterm Birth Rates According to Household Occupation in Japan From 2007 to 2019 [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022 Objectives No studies have examined the association between preterm birth rates and socioeconomic factors in Japan using nationwide statistical data. We analyzed the association between preterm birth rates and household occupation using Vital Statistics ...
Tasuku Okui, Naoki Nakashima
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Does the father’s job matter? Parental occupation and preterm birth in Korea [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES Limited evidence is available regarding the impact of paternal occupation and its combined effect with maternal occupation on preterm birth.
Taemi Kim +7 more
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Transport experiences of people with disabilities during learnerships
African Journal of Disability, 2022 Transport is a known national barrier for people with disabilities in South Africa. It is similarly identified as a barrier in learnerships and economic opportunity programmes.
Amanda E. Gibberd +1 more
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The underpinning of meaningful activities by brain correlates: a systematic review
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionEngaging in meaningful activities contributes to health and wellbeing. Research identifies meaningfulness by analysing retrospective and subjective data such as personal experiences in activities.
Ellen Cruyt +16 more
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Highly Skilled Migrants from Central Asian States at the Russian Labor Market
Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2021 The article examines the features of employment in the Russian labor market of highly skilled labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Vladimir I. Mukomel
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Work that Can Be Done from Home: Evidence on Variation within and Across Occupations and Industries
Social Science Research Network, 2020 Using large, geographically representative surveys from the US and UK, we document variation in the percentage of tasks workers can do from home. We highlight three dimensions of heterogeneity that have previously been neglected.
Abi Adams-Prassl +3 more
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Nonrelocatable Occupations at Increased Risk During Pandemics: United States, 2018.
American Journal of Public Health, 2020 Objectives. To characterize which occupations in the United States could likely work from home during a pandemic such as COVID-19.Methods. I merged 2018 US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) national employment and wage data with measures ranking the ...
Marissa G. Baker
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