44 Increasing automation in the workplace is  43  See Stephanie R. Aaronson, Mary C. Daly, William Wascher, and David W. Wilcox (2019), “Okun Revisited: Who Benefits Most from a Strong Economy?” paper presented at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Conference, held at the Brookings Institution, Washington, March 7–8, https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Okun-Revisited-Who-Benefits-Most-From-aStrong-Economy.pdf.
In addition to enhancing the efficiency of public spending and continuing to address the country’s infrastructure deficit, a number of other measures can be identified which would promote this goal. These include greater competition in the more sheltered sectors of the economy, continuing to encourage innovation and R&D activity and enhancing the skill level of the labour force.