{"id":57669,"date":"2026-11-11T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/?p=57669"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:09:35","slug":"the-global-labor-market-in-2026-stable-unemployment-new-challenges-from-artificial-intelligence-and-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/the-global-labor-market-in-2026-stable-unemployment-new-challenges-from-artificial-intelligence-and-inequality","title":{"rendered":"The Global Labor Market in 2026: Stable Unemployment, New Challenges from Artificial Intelligence, and Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57669\" class=\"elementor elementor-57669 elementor-57661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8377aba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8377aba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7484ac9\" data-id=\"7484ac9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3fce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c3fce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\ud83d\udcca In its latest report, Employment and Social Trends 2026, the International Labor Organization (ILO) highlights the paradoxical dynamics of the global labor market: relatively stable unemployment figures mask deep-seated challenges related to the quality of employment, the informal sector, and the rapid impact of generative AI.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcc8 Key figures and facts from the ILO study:<\/p><ol><li>The hidden problem of employment. The official global unemployment rate in 2026 is projected to be 4.9% (about 186 million people). However, another 408 million people worldwide lack adequate access to paid work, highlighting the limitations of focusing solely on the basic unemployment rate.<\/li><li>Demographic and regional disparities. Overall employment growth in 2026 will be approximately 1%. High-income countries are expected to see a slight decline in employment (-0.1%) due to an aging population, while employment in developing countries will grow by 3.1%.<\/li><li>Quality of work and poverty. About 2.1 billion people (57.7% of global employment) work in the informal sector, and 284 million workers continue to live below the extreme poverty line (less than $3 per day).<\/li><li>Gender imbalance. Women\u2019s labor force participation rate remains 24.2 percentage points lower than that of men.<\/li><\/ol><p>\ud83e\udd16 The report specifically highlights the risks of automation for young people with higher education. Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the requirements for professional competencies.<\/p><p>The highest risk of automation and job displacement is observed precisely among young professionals with higher education in high-income economies. At the same time, AI offers significant potential to complement human labor in high-value-added sectors.<\/p><p>Higher education is no longer merely a \u201cticket\u201d to employment\u2014specialized digital skills, data literacy, and adaptability are beginning to play a key role.<\/p><p>\ud83d\udc49 Information based on the report Employment and Social Trends 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/researchrepository.ilo.org\/view\/delivery\/41ILO_INST\/13147301370002676\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/researchrepository.ilo.org\/view\/delivery\/41ILO_INST\/13147301370002676<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcca In its latest report, Employment and Social Trends 2026, the International Labor Organization (ILO) highlights the paradoxical dynamics of the global labor market: relatively stable unemployment figures mask deep-seated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":57668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[204,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-helpful-tips","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57669"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57674,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57669\/revisions\/57674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ek.biem.sumdu.edu.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}