It should also be taken into account that different types of new technologies have different influences on routine occupations: computerization causes the death of routine intellectual activities (for example, office employees), while robotization - physical (for example, machine operators). In addition, a number of works conclude that robotization, unlike computerization, leads to a decrease in demand for low and increased demand for highly skilled labor, but not to a drop in demand for medium-skill workers (Graetz, Michaels, 2015). In other words, robotization should be expected to improve the structure of jobs, rather than its polarization.

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