Lorenzo Pupillo & Eli Noam 
Digitized Labor 
The Impact of the Internet on Employment

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.

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. ICT Investments and Labor Demand in OECD Countries.- 3. A One Sector Model of Robotic Immiserization.- 4. Routinization and the Labor Market: Evidence from European Countries.- 5. Labor Markets in the Digital Economy: Modeling Employment from the Bottom-Up.- 6. The Impact of the Broadband Internet on Employment.- 7. The Impact of the Internet on Employment and Income in the US Media and Entertainment Business.- 8. Inequality and the Digital Economy.- 9. Job Losses and the Middle Class: Canada and the USA, and the Possible Role of ICT.- 10. Internet Innovations–Software Is Eating the World: Software-Defined Ecosystems and the Related Innovations Result in a Programmable Enterprise.- 11. ICT Innovation, Productivity, and Labor Market Adjustment Policy.- 12. Ensuring the Education and Skills Needed for ICT Employment and Economic Growth.- 13. Smart Organizations, New Skills, and Smart Working to Manage Companies’ Digital Transformation.- 14. Investigating the Potential for Micro-work and Online-freelancing in Sri Lanka.- 15. Do Municipal Broadband Networks Stimulate or Crowd out Private Investment? An Empirical Analysis of Employment Effects. 

Despre autor

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 De Groote School of Business at Mc Master University, Canada.