| Describe key trends in technology that will impact the workforce in the near future |
| Understand how to use aggregate data at industry or country level to determine the forces
that will impact the labor market outcomes of workers |
| Understand how technology has impacted workers and occupations throughout the 20th
century |
| Understand the tradeoffs present when a firm is choosing to adopt a technology and what
those choices imply for workers |
| Understand the fundamental reasons that make certain occupations complemented or
substituted by forms of technological change |
| Understand how different technologies are changing the demand for specific skills and
abilities within a firm |