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February 2015<br />

Citi GPS: Global Perspectives & Solutions<br />

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<strong>TECHNOLOGY</strong> <strong>AT</strong> <strong>WORK</strong><br />

The Future of Innovation and Employment<br />

It is a pleasure to introduce Technology at Work: The Future of Innovation and<br />

Employment. This report is the second in a long-term series of Citi GPS reports coproduced<br />

by Citi and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford in order to<br />

explore some of the most pressing global challenges of the 21 st century. This report<br />

follows the launch report in the Citi Oxford Martin School collaboration that was<br />

entitled Future Opportunities, Future Shocks: Key Trends Shaping the Global<br />

Economy and Society which outlined not just the key trends that we see shaping<br />

global markets, society and technology but also the potential risks and shocks to the<br />

global system.<br />

In this new report, Oxford Martin School academics Dr. Carl Benedikt Frey and<br />

Associate Professor Michael Osborne examine a pressing subject increasingly in<br />

the headlines: the changing nature of innovation and work, and the associated<br />

implications for the future of employment and society more widely. We are also very<br />

pleased to say that this report marks the launch of the Oxford Martin Programme on<br />

Technology and Employment, a long-term programme of research at the University<br />

of Oxford supported by Citi that will focus on many of the areas covered in this<br />

report.<br />

The digital age is set to cause more upheaval than previous technological<br />

revolutions because change is happening faster than ever before and is<br />

fundamentally altering the way we live and work. Technology is now enabling not<br />

just the automation of repetitive tasks but also cognitive tasks involving subtle and<br />

non-routine judgment. Through robotics, big data, the digitisation of industries and<br />

the Internet of Things the nature of occupations and whole industries is changing<br />

and also the dynamics of economic growth. The economic benefits of recent<br />

technological developments are not being widely shared. Productivity has increased<br />

globally but real median wages have stagnated in many OECD countries leading to<br />

significant declines in labour’s share of GDP.<br />

Writing in partnership with Citi analysts, Carl Frey and Michael Osborne<br />

comprehensively assess the extent of automation and its effects on the labour<br />

market across industries and countries. Crucially, in addition to analysing the risks<br />

and opportunities of the digital era, the authors propose pathways and strategies<br />

that can help governments and societies adapt successfully.<br />

We hope that you enjoy this Citi GPS report. Going forward, further reports will<br />

share the results of the exciting collaboration between Citi and the Oxford Martin<br />

School.<br />

Andrew Pitt<br />

Global Head of Research<br />

Citi<br />

Ian Goldin<br />

Director of the Oxford Martin School<br />

Professor of Globalisation & Development<br />

University of Oxford<br />

© 2015 Citigroup

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