Assessment of technology impact on job market in Italy 2021, by educational level

The COVID-19 pandemic, which first hit Italy in late February 2020, had massive repercussions on life in the country. The virus measures adopted by the Italian government to control the contagion pushed many businesses to stop or radically scale down their activities. According to a recent survey conducted among Italian workers, opinions about the impact of accelerating technological change on the job market were more or less equally distributed. About 55 percent of the respondents, in fact, believed technology will have a positive impact on the job market. However, when taking into account only workers with a middle school diploma as their highest educational achievement, the share of respondents with a negative view on the topic increased to roughly 66 percent.