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This book uses multi-source data to examine the evolving labour market for college graduates, interpreting the shift in the relationship between humans and automation from competition to coexistence that is reshaping skill demand, education policy, and labour market in China and abroad.
List of contents
List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgments1. Introduction
2.The Development of Robotics Globally and in China
3. The Evolution of Labour Market of Chinese College Graduates
4. Technological Anxiety: How Robots Impact College Graduates' Informal Employment?
5. The Impact of Robot Adoption on the Demand for General Skills: Evidence Based on Job Posting Data
6. The Impact of Automation on the Demand for Specific Skills: Evidence Based on Real Interview Experience
7. Rethinking Art-Science Division Abolition: The Unforeseen Role of
NCEE Reform in Preparing College Graduates for an AI-Driven Labour Market
8. The Role of Attending a Key University in Alleviating the Pressure of Artificial Intelligence Employment Substitution
9. College Majors at Risk? Insights from AI Exposure
10. Robotization and Labour Demand in Post-Pandemic Era
11. The Interplay Between Education and Economic Development: A Global Perspective
12. From Competition to Coexistence: Navigating the Future of Labor and Education in an Automated World
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About the author
Peikang Zhang is an assistant professor at the Institute of Higher Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Data Science from Fudan University. He received his Ph.D. from Peking University in 2022. His research interests include economics of education and labour economics. He is also a GLO Virtual Young Scholar in the 2023-2024 cohort and has been a GLO fellow since 2025.
Huailiang Liang is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Education from Tsinghua University. His research interests include education policy and economics of education.
Xuanyu Chen is a master's student at the Institute of Higher Education from Fudan University. He holds a bachelor's degree in Educational Technology from Shanghai International Studies University. His research interests involve the economics of education, learning sciences, and artificial intelligence (AI) in education.
Yuxuan Qin is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Higher Education from Fudan University. Her research interests include economics of education, AI in education, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.
