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Innovation and employment
Vivarelli, Marco - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
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...
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Effects of Industry 4.0 on the labor markets of Iran and Japan
Nafchi, Majid Ziaei; Mohelská, Hana - In: Economies 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-13
Industry 4.0 is the essence of the fourth Industrial revolution and is happening right now in manufacturing by using cyber-physical systems (CPS) to reach high levels of automation. Industry 4.0 is especially beneficial in highly developed countries in terms of competitive advantage, but causes...
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Digitalization and change in the global division of labor: Industrial work in transition
Krzywdzinski, Martin - In: RBEST: Revista Brasileira de Economia Social e do Trabalho 3 (Art. No.:) e021016 (2021), pp. --
The contribution discusses the impact of digitalization approaches in industrial companies and their implications for the global division of labour and work. It proceeds by investigating the scope and character of automation and its impact on the relationship between production locations in high...
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The anatomy of job polarisation in the UK
Salvatori, Andrea - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 52 (2018) 8, pp. 1-15
the large increase in graduate numbers contributed to the substantial reallocation of employment from middling to top … the skill mix of the workforce account for most of the decline in routine employment across the occupational distribution …
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Artificial intelligence adoption in the workplace and its impact on the upskilling and reskilling strategies
Bodea, Constanta-Nicoleta; Paparic, Mario; Mogoș, Radu Ioan - In: Amfiteatru Economic 26 (2024) 65, pp. 126-144
The technology innovation, especially in the case of artificial intelligence, has significantly transformed the work processes and how they are organised and performed. Even if the adoption of advanced technologies usually leads to a higher work performance, there are risks of negative...
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Post-crisis recovery and efficiency of the labor market in Bulgaria
Pirimova, Vera - In: Journal of Contemporary Economic and Business Issues 2 (2015) 2, pp. 39-58
and employment indicators. By means of the methods and instruments of the theoretical and empirical descriptive analysis …
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Post-crisis changes in employment and educational structure of the labor force in Bulgaria
Syarova, Elka - In: Journal of Contemporary Economic and Business Issues 2 (2015) 2, pp. 59-73
the relation between changes in employment and educational structure of the labor force in Bulgaria, which took place … recovery of the Bulgarian economy in view of the noticeable trends in the educational structure of employment in the period … with the trends being developed in other European countries in terms of the post-crisis employment of various educational …
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Die Bedeutung der Älteren auf dem Arbeitsmarkt nimmt deutlich zu
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 21, pp. 337-345
Während die Zahl der Erwerbstätigen unter 50 Jahren in den letzten Jahren abgenommen hat und erst mit dem gegenwärtigen Konjunkturaufschwung wieder anzieht, ist die Beschäftigung der Älteren seit 1998 stetig und deutlich gewachsen - und zwar um 1,5 Mill. Das gilt sowohl für die...
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Formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment in Indian manufacturing
Moreno-Monroy, Ana I.; Pieters, Janneke; Erumban, Abdul A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 3 (2014), pp. 1-17
analyze the link between formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment. A novelty in our analysis is that this … subcontracting is positively related to employment growth only in the most modern segments of the informal sector. Increased … subcontracting cannot explain the persistently high employment in traditional informal manufacturing activities in India. Instead …
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Employment effects of green energy policies
Pestel, Nico - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
might affect employment in different ways. A policy shift toward a low-carbon green economy may create new and additional … crowding out of employment in other sectors. In addition, energy prices may increase owing to feed-in tariffs subsidizing …
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