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Work in the digital age : challenges of the fourth Industrial Revolution / edited by Max Neufeind, Jacqueline O'Reilly and Florian Ranft.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
- Information technology--Economic aspects.
- Labor policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 587 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Rowman and Littlefield International, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover; Praise for Work in the Digital Age; WORK IN THE DIGITAL AGE; About Policy Network; WORK IN THE DIGITAL AGE Challenges of the FourthIndustrial Revolution; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Debating the fourth industrial revolution; The changing face of work in the digital age; Labour relations and the welfare state; Comparing the digital transformation of work across countries; Challenges of work in the digital age; Notes; References; Debating the fourth industrial revolution; The destructive creation of employment in the digital age
- Similarities with the past: The fear of job losses and a productivity paradoxDifferences with the past: From general purpose to global platform technologies; Conclusions; Notes; References; Finance, the trajectory of tech firms and consequences for work; The decline in the cost of technological and business experimentation; Abundant capital and the toleration of operation losses; The rise of the unicorns; Financial weapons in digital markets: consequences for labour; Notes; References; Predicting the immediate impacts of the fourth industrial revolution by gender; Recommendations for change
- NoteReferences; Automation risks seem to be overestimated; Hurdles to digitalisation limit automation potential in the short- to mid-run; Digitalisation is changing jobs but not replacing them; Technological change creates more jobs than it destroys; Digitalisation alters qualification and skills requirements; Trend towards both up- and deskilling; From rising polarisation to rising inequality?; Need for a comprehensive policy response; References; The economy has become dematerialised; Improvement in life expectancy; Improvement in access to education; Shift in the economic 'base'
- Implications for industrySharing more in the data-driven economy; Use new systems to share data; Make data pools common; Keep global trade flows open; Fight the precariousness of the data economy; Provide greater access to education; A dystopian vision and its alternative; Notes; References; We are not facing a fourth industrial revolution; Major issues of concern; Unemployment; Good jobs; Labour market status; Inequality; Business disruption; Worker transition and dislocation; Note; References; The changing face of work in the digital age; Notes; References; Effects in the production process
- The increasing centrality of (digital) informationMass customisation; Servitisation; Increased resource efficiency; Effects on work and employment; Notes; Technology will not simply happen to us; Digitalisation as a distribution problem of work and money; Mastering the robot: An inclusive robot agenda; References; Crowd work: Surveys in key European countries; The extent of crowd work; Employment status; Conclusions and policy implications; Note; References; Disruption or reproduction?; Reproducing inequality; Changing consumer patterns; Has the sharing economy peaked?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Work in the digital age
- ISBN:
- 9781786609076
- 178660907X
- Publisher Number:
- 99988144565
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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