I think except for the economists, for most people here on HN, such reports are not much helpful. The problem is not just the data, but working with aggregated

I think except for the economists, for most people here on HN, such reports are not much helpful. The problem is not just the data, but working with aggregated data also has to do with the definition of data categories. After decades, they may have defined a new category for such surveys, after lengthy debates, and therefore a significant shift in employment mix. For ex. we can argue that software programming is also largely a production job because they produce custom software for clients! And computer is only a tool like other machines. Seeing so, I guess the job mix has not even changed much since the industry revolution! But for fast changing situations, such view can be too shallow and harbor dangerous blind spots. Of course it always depends on the perspectives. If we care only about whether there will be more unemployment or the disappear of a whole job category then yes, Yale report and alike are helpful. If people however care about the two 2 millions call-center jobs in the Philippines or the difficulties in the job market for CS fresh graduates then such reports could create a dangerous complacency.