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From telecommuting to remote lessons to online drinking parties, digitaltechnology is accelerating across the world as people practice social
distancing to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
During the last pandemic, the world did not have access to low-costvideoconferencing systems. The progression of digital tech has been atremendous driving force for the continuation of economic and social activities.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of technology giant Google LLC, predicts that evenwhen countries are no longer in states of emergency, the world will probably
not be the same as it was pre-pandemic. The reason: people will still need to
avoid the "three Cs" of confined spaces, crowded places and close contact withpeople amid a prolonged fight against the coronavirus. At the same time, oneadvantage of telework is that it is easier for those in the child-rearing
generation and others in similar circumstances to join the workforce.
Compared with other countries, the move to digital work in Japan has beenslow. The government and business are using the current situation as achance to catch up, and are devising lots of ideas.
The concept of prioritizing operational efficiency, in particular, stands out.
When promoting telework, for example, companies' aim of cutting down oncommuting and business trip expenses, as well as the cost of renting officespace and other expenditure, is evident.
Factories have been swiftly moving ahead with applying digital tech to
manufacturing, having robots take over product assembly and other tasks
that had been handled by seasonal factory workers. This stems from the ideathat it is more profitable to use robots, which have no risk of infection, thanto revise factory layouts to avoid the "three Cs" and suffer lower productivity
as a result.
According to one major think tank, 49% of workers in Japan could very
likely be replaced with machines or artificial intelligence. But it is feared thata rapidly digitizing economy could destabilize employment.

－1－Some have in fact already started to voice concerns, with one worker at acall center who was not retained by the company where they had been
dispatched saying, "I think I might be replaced by AI."
Overseas, the side effects of digital tech have been debated. Microsoft Corp.
founder Bill Gates has suggested that robots and AI be taxed in the future,and that those tax funds be used to re-educate the unemployed.
Meanwhile, in Japan, there are fears that taking digital technology too far,too fast could damage the country's business and manufacturing culture, inwhich improvements are continually made within the workplace.
Japan should quickly proceed with measures that have clear advantages,
such as the automation of administrative procedures and moving medicalservices online. At the same time, when proceeding with applying digital techto the workplace, there is a need to pay consideration to workers worried
about losing their jobs to a robot or an algorithm.
（出典：EDITORIAL / Advance digital tech with consideration for workers,
The Mainichi, May 11, 2020, 原文のまま）－2－

問題２ 次の二つの図は『平成 28 年度 年次経済財政報告』「第 1 章景気動向と好循環の確立に向けた課題」からの引用である（原著のまま）。これらの図に基づいて、以下の設問に答えなさい。

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図 1 一般労働者・パートタイム労働者の賃金（時給換算）

図 2 転職市場の賃金（世代別）

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設 問
問１ 図 1 の説明を 80 字以内で書きなさい。
問２ 図 2 の説明を 120 字以内で書きなさい。
問３ 図 1、図 2 を踏まえて、考えられる社会・経済的要因について、200 字以内で書きなさい。

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