The threat to jobs from the growing use of robots and artificial intelligence has been exacerbated by a lack of government investment and lack of state support for skills training, the report also said. “Excluding women from good jobs deepens overall inequality with negative consequences for growth,” it said. The report argued that giving women access to decent employment could only be achieved if governments maintained investment in affordable childcare facilities and care for the elderly. “This has held back the investment needed to create new sectors, where workers displaced by robots could find better jobs,” he said. Routine tasks in well-paying manufacturing and service jobs are being replaced by robots, the report said, but low-wage manufacturing jobs in areas such as clothing factories are left largely unaffected by automation.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2017 18:00 UTC