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AI augmentation and automation will alter job markets

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INT

AI will lift global economic productivity over the coming decades, but also transform labour markets

Labour trends upset traditional employment patterns

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INT

The pandemic has changed -- permanently or temporarily -- how people think about work

Ever-rising Turkish population needs fast GDP growth

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TURKEY

Turkey’s population has trebled in 60 years but the rise in its labour force is partly driven by more women taking jobs

Low participation rate points up Croatia’s slow reform

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CROATIA

Croatia’s low labour force participation rates stem from a relatively unreformed economy with a large informal sector

Global demand for tech talent is uneven

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INT

Mass layoffs at ‘big tech’ firms have disrupted the tech labour market

Wages in EU's East will not catch up with West soon

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EASTERN EUROPE

EU11 labour costs have climbed in the past decade but at current rates will not reach the EU28 average until the 2040s

Workforce shrinkage will not inevitably push wages up

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INT

Potential workforces are shrinking as populations age and labour participation falls or stagnates in major economies

Dynamic UK economy will continue to need immigrants

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UNITED KINGDOM

A tightening UK labour market has jobs for UK-born as well as foreigners

Language skills are key to integration in Germany

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GERMANY

Activity rates are low for asylum seekers as many do not have the language skills required by employers

Jobs look like Hungarian governing party success story

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HUNGARY

More Hungarians have been brought into the work force but the reserves are nearly used up requiring a new labour policy