Defining Work Tools: Studying Effects of Digitalising Work Tools

Robert Helmrich is Head of the Qualifications, Occupational Integration and Employment Division at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany.His researchtopics are qualification development, occupational structures, new technologies and production processes, labour market forecasts. Michael Tiemann is research associate at Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany. His research topics are the effects of digitalization on the labour market, knowledge in work, and employment surveys.

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