TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pupillo, Lorenzo
AU  - Noam, Eli
AU  - Waverman, Leonard
TI  - Digitized labor: the impact of the internet on employment
SN  - 9783319770468
U1  - 331.12 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Labor market
KW  - Internet - Economic aspects
KW  - Internet - Social aspects
KW  - Digital communications
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Labor economics
KW  - Mass media - Political aspects
KW  - Digital media
N1  - Table of Contents

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- oftware 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.


N2  - 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.

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319770468
ER  -