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Brazil joins the world in slashing (some) rote jobs
Automation and artificial intelligence are reshaping the labor market around the world, and a new study on labor trends in Brazil by think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas shows that the country is experiencing its own profound changes — albeit in a more timid fashion.
What is happening: By analyzing labor data from 2012 to 2019, researchers from FGV-Ibre identified four major trends in the country:
- Significant growth in tech-intensive jobs, especially in IT and telecom;
- An increase of “people-centered” or decision-making positions;
- A steep decline in rote jobs, such as machine operators;
- An expansion of service-related jobs, as well as of street vendors (included in the “other vendors” category).
What does it mean? The first three broad trends are in line with what researchers have found worldwide, while the fourth is a very Brazilian quirk — a byproduct of an economy heavily based on services and the increasing...