The OECD will launch Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2024 on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 15:30 CET/14:30 GMT.
The 2024 edition offers the first regional analysis of the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on local job markets, highlighting that AI is set to exacerbate regional divides in OECD countries. It provides new evidence on which regions and categories of workers are in jobs requiring tasks that AI can do or support, and compares this to the labour market effects of previous waves of technologies that drove automation. The report also examines the health of regional and local labour markets, with new estimates on regional labour shortages and their drivers.
A launch event to present the findings will take place at 15:30 CET with virtual opening remarks from OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, followed by OECD Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Lamia Kamal-Chaoui. Opening remarks will be followed by a presentation of the report and a panel discussion with stakeholders and policymakers.
Journalists are invited to follow the event online by registering here, or attend on-site by requesting access via COM.registrations@oecd.org.
For follow-up questions or interview requests, journalists can contact Kim Chardon in the OECD Media Office (+33 1 45 24 81 18).
Requests to receive Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2024: The Geography of Generative AI under embargo by email ahead of release time should be sent to embargo@oecd.org. Journalists requesting an electronic version in advance agree to respect OECD embargo conditions.
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