Digitized Labor: The Impact of the Internet on Employment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319770462 ISBN 13: 9783319770468

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

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?

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

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?

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319770462
• ISBN 13: 9783319770468
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 299
• Editor: Pupillo Lorenzo, Noam Eli, Waverman Leonard