The impact of technological progress on labour markets. Policy challenges.

Autor/in	Goos, Maarten
Titel	The impact of technological progress on labour markets. Policy challenges. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss des technischen Fortschritts auf Arbeitsmärkte. Politische Herausforderungen.
Quelle	In: Oxford review of economic policy, 34 (2018) 3, S. 362-375 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-903X; 1460-2121
DOI	10.1093/oxrep/gry002
Schlagwörter	Bildungspolitik; Technologische Entwicklung; Sozialpolitik; Beschäftigungseffekt; Preisentwicklung; Wirtschaftspolitik; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Auswirkung
Abstract	"This paper gives an overview of current thinking by economists about the consequences of ongoing technological progress for labour markets, and discusses policy implications. In economics, the impact of technological progress on labour markets is understood by the following two channels: (i) the nature of interactions between differently skilled workers and new technologies affecting labour demand and (ii) the equilibrium effects of technological progress through consequent changes in labour supply and product markets. The paper explains how the ongoing Digital Revolution is characterized by a complex interplay between worker skills and digital capital in the workplace, and consequent changes in job mobility for workers and in output prices affecting consumer demand for goods and services. In particular, it explains how current worker - technology interactions and the equilibrium effects they entail combine to create economy-wide job polarization with winners and losers from ongoing technological progress. The paper therefore concludes by discussing a set of policy interventions to ensure that the benefits of the Digital Revolution are broadly shared." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/1