Overview
- Includes contributions from academics, professionals, and policy-thinkers alike, including such figures as Jeffrey D. Sachs
- 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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- 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?
This book features essays from major experts in the field coming from academia, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society. It blends theoretical and applied research presenting results from many countries, with particular emphasis on Europe, the USA, Canada and Asia.
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Keywords
- Digital Economy
- Labor Market
- Technological Change
- Internet Economy
- ICT Innovation
- Job Creation
- Technological Revolution
- Labor Economics
- Employment Economics
- Inequality
- Technology Policy
- Unemployment
- Industrial Organization
- information and communications technology
- Great Recession
- Economic Distribution
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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The Impact of Technological Change on Jobs
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Internet Economic Fundamentals and Their Impact on Economy and Distribution
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Polices to Facilitate Structural and Social Adjustments without Slowing Innovation
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digitized Labor
Book Subtitle: The Impact of the Internet on Employment
Editors: Lorenzo Pupillo, Eli Noam, Leonard Waverman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78420-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77046-8Published: 16 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78420-5Published: 04 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 270
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Economics, Labor Economics, R & D/Technology Policy, Digital/New Media, Media Policy