Digitized Labor

Includes contributions from academics, professionals, and policy-thinkers alike, including such figures as Jeffrey D. Sachs Offers insights from theoretical and empirical studies with a focus on Europe, the USA, Canada, and Asia in one cohesive text Discusses the internet's role in shaping labor, its effect on income distribution, and its implications for economic policy

Autorentext
Lorenzo Pupillo is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, Belgium, and Affiliated Researcher at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA.
Eli Noam is Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information; Professor of Finance & Economics; and Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA.
Leonard Waverman is Dean of the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. ICT Investments and Labor Demand in OECD Countries.- 3. A One Sector Model of Robotic Immiserization.- 4. Routinization and the Labor Market: Evidence from European Countries.- 5. Labor Markets in the Digital Economy: Modeling Employment from the Bottom-Up.- 6. The Impact of the Broadband Internet on Employment.- 7. The Impact of the Internet on Employment and Income in the US Media and Entertainment Business.- 8. Inequality and the Digital Economy.- 9. Job Losses and the Middle Class: Canada and the USA, and the Possible Role of ICT.- 10. Internet InnovationsSoftware Is Eating the World: Software-Defined Ecosystems and the Related Innovations Result in a Programmable Enterprise.- 11. ICT Innovation, Productivity, and Labor Market Adjustment Policy.- 12. Ensuring the Education and Skills Needed for ICT Employment and Economic Growth.- 13. Smart Organizations, New Skills, and Smart Working to Manage Companies' Digital Transformation.- 14. Investigating the Potential for Micro-work and Online-freelancing in Sri Lanka.- 15. Do Municipal Broadband Networks Stimulate or Crowd out Private Investment? An Empirical Analysis of Employment Effects.