The number of office and administrative workers, the major target of automation in recent decades, is back to prepandemic levels. In the past two recessions, their number dropped and did not recover.
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The number of office and administrative workers, the major target of automation in recent decades, is back to prepandemic levels. In the past two recessions, their number dropped and did not recover.

June 16, 2021 | Chart

 

 

 

AUTHORS

GadLevanon, PhD

Former Vice President, Labor Markets
The Conference Board

FrankSteemers

Former Senior Economist
The Conference Board

AgronNicaj

Associate Economist
The Conference Board

MichaelPapadopoulos

Former Associate Economist
The Conference Board

JeanneShu

Director, Labor Markets
The Conference Board


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