Summer Lecture Series, Session 2: The Work of the Future

Where Will it Come From? David Autor, Ford Professor and Associate Head, MIT Economics; Codirector, NBER Labor Studies Program

July 22, 2021
9 am - 11 am
Location
Zoom Webinar
Sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
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Public
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Tickets

Osher members Series Ticket: $80 per person
Non-Members Series Ticket: $100 per person
Individual Ticket: $20 per person
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Description

The nature of work has changed fundamentally over the past four decades, and the growth of AI will accelerate this change. This poses both potential challenges such as job loss, but also opportunity to address failings in the current employment landscape. Where  will new jobs come from, how confident can we be that they will emerge, and what can we do to ensure that this happens? David Autor will discuss how we can collectively shape technology, policies, and institutions to augment workers,  raise productivity, and address society’s most pressing problems.

David Autor, Ford Professor and Associate Head, MIT Economics; Codirector, NBER Labor Studies Program
David Autor is one of the most influential labor economists of his generation. He is the Codirector of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future and the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Labor Studies Program; his scholarship explores the labor-market impacts of technological change 
and globalization on job polarization, skill demands, earning levels and inequality, and election outcomes. In 2020, Autor received the Special Recognition Award from the Heinz Family Foundation for his work “transforming our understanding of how globalization and technological change are impacting jobs and earning prospects for American workers.”

Moderator: Bruce Sacerdote
Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College. His areas of expertise include Labor Markets, Child and Youth Outcomes, and Peer Effects. He is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Location
Zoom Webinar
Sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
Audience
Public
Registration required
More information
Osher
603-646-0154