Contents: Preface -- 1. A perfect storm -- 2. The welfare state in transition -- 3. The labor market in transition -- 4. Digitalization changing the economy and the labor market -- 5. Fiscal pressures from digitalization and immigration -- 6. Immigration, inequality and skills in the digital...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Innovation -- 2. The history and development of robots -- 3. Robots now and in the future -- 4. The science of robots -- 5. The impact on employment, unemployment and wages -- 6. The economic, social and political impact -- 7. People's hopes and fears -- 8. Policies to...

The Economic Impact of Digital Technologies offers a profoundly illuminating examination of ICT transformations in Europe and its critical role in greater social inequality. It presents scholars and policy makers with original and practical tools to benchmark and assess the ICT diffusion and...

'Two concepts that have become increasingly prominent in debate about contemporary economic policy are the digital economy and the creative economy. This pioneering Handbook brings these two concepts together, with contributions from a wide range of scholars in economics, law, cultural studies,...

The objective of this book is to present a comprehensive evaluation of the smart revolution, including its social and economic impacts. It proposes a modern framework to help assess how recent Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can contribute to societies as a whole. The authors...

Manuel Castells--one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists--has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional...

The group of contributors in this book come from academia and international organizations in Europe and the USA. They focus on trade unions, which affect real-wage flexibility and the provision of training to workers. They also concentrate on employment protection legislation, which discourages...