Economics
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Sweden's 60-year tech shift shows whether workers gained skills or lost ground
A new study of Sweden's labor market from 1870 to 1930 examines whether technological change elevated workers into higher-skilled jobs or pushed them into lower-wage positions. The findings matter for today's automation debates: they show historical patterns of how economies absorb rapid technological disruption and whether workers benefit or bear the costs.
Originaltitel: Technological change and structural shifts in Sweden's Labor Market, 1870–1930: skill upgrading or deskilling?