Workplace automation in the developed world is adding to career anxiety among young people, many of whom seem to feel they will be worse off than their parents as a result of technological change.
But youngsters in big emerging markets are significantly more confident that they have the skills needed for a successful career, according to a study of 8,700 apparently largely well-educated young people in nine developed and developing nations commissioned by the Indian IT services firm Infosys.
This bullishness stems largely from their greater focus on technological skills, the study says. Three quarters of young people in India and China want to develop skills in data science and analytics, compared with less than half in France and Germany.