We study how the de-routinisation of jobs affects workers at different ages in 12 European countries. We combine O*NET occupation content data with EU-LFS individual data for the 1998–2015 period to construct five task content measures: non-routine cognitive analytical, non-routine cognitive interpersonal, routine cognitive, routine manual, and non-routine manual physical. We find that the shift away from routine work and toward non-routine work occurred much faster among workers aged between 25 and 44 than among older workers. In the majority of countries, the ageing of the workforce occurred more quickly in occupations that were initially more routine-intensive, as the share of older workers in these occupations was rising and the share of young workers declining. At the same time, the unemployment risk related to the routine task intensity was increasing, especially among individuals between the ages of 15 and 34, and to a larger extent in countries with fast ICT capital growth and in countries not increasing their participation in global value chains.

我们研究了工作的非常规化如何影响12个欧洲国家中不同年龄的工人。我们将O * NET职业内容数据与EU-LFS 1998-2015年期间的个人数据相结合，以构建五项任务内容量度：非常规认知分析，非常规认知人际交往，常规认知，常规手册和非常规手册物理。我们发现，年龄在25岁至44岁之间的工人从常规工作向非常规工作的转变要快于老年工人。在大多数国家中，劳动力的老龄化发生在最初是例行劳动密集型的职业中，发生的速度更快，因为老年工人在这些职业中所占的比例在上升，而年轻工人的所占比例在下降。与此同时，