Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Employment Effects of Modern Technology / Schettkat, Ronald / Wagner, Michael -- PART I : ENTERPRISE LEVEL -- The Effects of the Use of Computer-Aided Technology in Industrial Enterprises: It's the Context that Counts / Ewers,...

Studies find that technological change has contributed to the decline in manufacturing and to persistent unemployment in many advanced economies. While process innovation can be job-destroying, product innovation can imply the emergence of new firms, new sectors, and thus new jobs. But even for...

Contents: Part I: The changing context -- 1. Understanding the future of work / Adrian Wilkinson and Michael Barry -- Part II: Changing practices -- 2. Work 'or' employment in the 21st century: its impact on the employment relationship / Chris Brewster and Peter Holland -- 3. Unpaid work...