Reconciling globalisation and technological change: Growing income inequalities and remedial policies

The paper provides a critical analysis of the idea of technological unemployment. The overview of the existing literature on the employment effects of technological change shows that on the micro-level there exists strong and positive relationship between innovations and employment growth in firms; on the sectoral level this correlation becomes ambiguous; on the macro-level the impact of new technologies seems to be positive or neutral. This implies that fears of explosive growth of technological unemployment in the foreseeable future are exaggerated. Our analysis further suggests that new technologies affect mostly the structure of employment rather than its level. Additionally we argue that automation and digitalisation would change mostly task sets within particular occupations rather than distribution of workers by occupations.

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The Role of Technological Change in the Long-run Global Economy Forecasting

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2013-1-97-116 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 97-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Apokin

Keyword(s):

Technological Change ◽

Data Quality ◽

Long Range ◽

Global Economy ◽

World Economy ◽

Qualitative Approaches ◽

Long Run ◽

The World ◽

National Economies

The author compares several quantitative and qualitative approaches to forecasting to find appropriate methods to incorporate technological change in long-range forecasts of the world economy. A?number of long-run forecasts (with horizons over 10 years) for the world economy and national economies is reviewed to outline advantages and drawbacks for different ways to account for technological change. Various approaches based on their sensitivity to data quality and robustness to model misspecifications are compared and recommendations are offered on the choice of appropriate technique in long-run forecasts of the world economy in the presence of technological change.

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The Significance of Mr. Richard Buckley's Exploding Trousers: Reflections on an Aspect of Technological Change in New Zealand Dairy Farming between the World Wars

Agricultural History ◽

10.1525/ah.2004.78.3.346 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 78 (3) ◽

pp. 346-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

JAMES WATSON

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Technological Change ◽

Dairy Farming ◽

The World

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Technological Change in Turkish Manufacturing Industry: The Case of Gaziantep City

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies ◽

10.26417/ejms.v6i1.p77-85 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 77

Author(s):

Mehmet Ragıp KALELİOGLU

Keyword(s):

Technological Change ◽

Global Economy ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

New Technologies ◽

Work Force ◽

Technological Transformation ◽

Technological Infrastructure ◽

Technological Level ◽

Considerable Work ◽

Key Indicators

:Ensuring competition in global economy, the production of high value products within the country and the reduction of current budget deficit; in other words, increasing the output of industries manufacturing intermediate goods and end products, which have high import dependency, are major targets of Turkey. The state of technological infrastructure of manufacturing industry in the country as well as the process of change that the industry undergoes are essential for the realization of these targets. New technologies play an important role in the competitiveness and economic development of cities, region and the country in the international market. In particular, the use of new technologies in manufacturing industry and companies’ capacity for innovation are prerequisites for businesses to enter a tougher competition in the global economy as well as for cities and countries to persevere on the larger scale. In this respect, the main purpose of this study is to examine the technological transformation of the manufacturing industry in Gaziantep, which is positioned in the top five among Turkey's exports and employs a considerable work force, in comparison to the technological change experienced by the manufacturing industry in Turkey. In the study, the technological level of manufacturing industry in Turkey and the technological change process of manufacturing industry in Gaziantep are presented between 2009-2016 with key indicators. The findings of this study reveal that the current level of technology the city of Gaziantep manufacturing industry has had is far behind the level Turkish manufacturing industry has reached.

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DIGITALIZATION OF LABOR MIGRATION PROCESSES IN UZBEKISTAN. WORLD EXPERIENCE

Innovation in the economy ◽

10.26739/2181-9491-2020-4-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 29-39

Author(s):

Sulkhiya Gazieva ◽

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Technological Change ◽

Labor Migration ◽

Smart Phone ◽

Logic Circuits ◽

Digital Logic ◽

The Internet ◽

The Future

The future of labor market depends upon several factors, long-term innovation and the demographic developments. However, one of the main drivers of technological change in the future is digitalization and central to this development is the production and use of digital logic circuits and its derived technologies, including the computer,the smart phone and the Internet. Especially, smart automation will perhaps not cause e.g.regarding industries, occupations, skills, tasks and duties

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