%L theses_frw2739
%D 2019
%X Automation is changing the nature of work in the EU. This paper has taken a novel occupational-network approach to examine the impact of automation on the evolution of jobs in regions. We recognise two types of relatedness which mediates the impact of automation on regional job re-composition. By using data from European labour force survey and Eurostat, we calculate each of the relatedness and examine the impact of risk of automation with them on the evolution of the occupational structure of 221 EU NUTS2 regions for the period of 2014-2016. The main conclusion is that the impact of automation on geographical relatedness is associated with a higher probability of disappearance of an existing occupation specialisation on the one hand, and the impact of automation on complementarity relatedness is associated with a higher probability of entry of a new occupation specialisation.
%A Chen Cheng
%T Automation and the Relatedness of Jobs in European Regions