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ICT-induced technological progress and employment: a happy marriage or a dangerous liaison? : a literature review
Sabadash, Anna - 2013
This report surveys the literature on the employment impact of ICT. Two competing views - compensation and substitution …, de-skilling and possibly a jobless economy. Recent employment trends are often seen as indicative of mismatches between … evidence, a consensus regarding the employment effect of ICT remains elusive. While there are many empirical studies on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979469
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Technology and the future of work in emerging economies : what is different
Alonso Soto, Daniel - 2020
Technological developments are likely to bring many new opportunities, which may be even larger in emerging economies and may allow them to “leapfrog” certain stages of development. Notwithstanding these opportunities, emerging economies face significant challenges associated with rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180232
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The effect of computer use on job quality : evidence from Europe
Salvatori, Andrea; Menon, Seetha; Zwysen, Wouter - 2018
This paper studies changes in computer use and job quality in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2015. We document that while the proportion of workers using computers has increased from 40% to more than 60% over twenty years, there remain significant differences between countries even within the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793086
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Inclusive labour markets in the digital era : the case of Austria
Ziemann, Volker - 2017
Digitalisation is one of the megatrends affecting societies and labour markets, alongside demographic change and globalisation. The fourth industrial revolution will redesign production processes and alter the relationships between work and leisure, capital and labour, the rich and the poor, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823618
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Luxembourg : harnessing skills for more inclusive growth
Strasky, Jan - 2017
improvements in the education system are needed to address this challenge, provide the young with learning-to-learn as well as … working careers, the system of initial education must be complemented by a flexible system of lifelong learning, tailored to … the special needs of individuals with limited education attainment and older workers. Better use of existing skills would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732731
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Cross-country evidence on the contributions of research institutions to innovation
Paunov, Caroline; Borowiecki, Martin; El-Mallakh, Nevine - 2019
education institutions (HEIs) and 1 109 public research institutes (PRIs) - for 36 OECD countries and China from 1992 to 2014 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168868
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On the concentration of innovation in top cities in the digital age
Paunov, Caroline; Guellec, Dominique; El-Mallakh, Nevine; … - 2019
innovation in these cities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168905
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Trends in water-related technological innovation : insights from patent data
Leflaive, Xavier; Krieble, Ben; Smythe, Harry - 2020
Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which … our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422651
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Drivers of farm performance : empirical country case studies
Sauer, Johannes; Moreddu, Catherine - 2020
structure, innovation of operations, individual characteristics as well as farm location. Productivity performance by farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249042
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Gross earning inequalities in OECD countries and major non-member economies : determinants and future scenarios
Braconier, Henrik; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - 2014
Income and earning inequality has been on the rise in most of the OECD and in many emerging economies since the 1980s. This paper estimates a model of earnings inequality across OECD countries that incorporates determinants of relative demand and supply of more and less-skilled labour. Drawing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465013