Digitized Labor
The Impact of the Internet on Employment
Editors: Pupillo, Lorenzo, Noam, Eli, Waverman, Leonard (Eds.)
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- 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
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- About this book
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As with previous technological revolutions, innovations in the online world have triggered transformations in the labor market and the economy. While the Internet is trumpeted as a great job creator, there are also downsides that need to be identified and dealt with. The book discusses the following topics:
- Is the Internet a net creator of jobs?
- How are job profiles changed by the digital economy?
- What are the impacts on income distribution? Is it a winner-takes-all tournament?
- What models can facilitate adjustment without slowing innovation?
- Is the Internet a net creator of jobs?
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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ICT Investments and Labour Demand in OECD Countries
Pages 21-37
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A One-Sector Model of Robotic Immiserization
Pages 39-50
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Routinization and the Labour Market: Evidence from European Countries
Pages 51-69
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Labor Markets in the Digital Economy: Modeling Employment from the Bottom-Up
Pages 71-93
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Digitized Labor
- Book Subtitle
- The Impact of the Internet on Employment
- Editors
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- Lorenzo Pupillo
- Eli Noam
- Leonard Waverman
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-78420-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-78420-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-77046-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIX, 270
- Number of Illustrations
- 29 b/w illustrations
- Topics
