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Digitized Labor

The Impact of the Internet on Employment

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Editors:
  1. Lorenzo Pupillo

    1. Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. Eli Noam

    1. Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School, New York, USA

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  3. Leonard Waverman

    1. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Burlington, Canada

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  • Includes contributions from academics, professionals, and policy-thinkers alike, including such figures as Jeffrey D. Sachs

  • Offers insights from theoretical and empirical studies with a focus on Europe, the USA, Canada, and Asia in one cohesive text

  • Discusses the internet’s role in shaping labor, its effect on income distribution, and its implications for economic policy

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Introduction

    • Lorenzo Pupillo, Eli Noam, Leonard Waverman
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Impact of Technological Change on Jobs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. ICT Investments and Labour Demand in OECD Countries

      • Vincenzo Spiezia
      Pages 21-37

    3. A One-Sector Model of Robotic Immiserization

      • Jeffrey D. Sachs, Seth G. Benzell, Guillermo Lagarda
      Pages 39-50

    4. Routinization and the Labour Market: Evidence from European Countries

      • Federico Biagi, Paolo Naticchioni, Giuseppe Ragusa, Claudia Vittori
      Pages 51-69

    5. Labor Markets in the Digital Economy: Modeling Employment from the Bottom-Up

      • Jonathan Liebenau
      Pages 71-93

    6. The Impact of the Broadband Internet on Employment

      • Raul L. Katz
      Pages 95-108

    7. The Impact of the Internet on Employment and Income in the US Media and Entertainment Business

      • David Viviano
      Pages 109-114

  4. Internet Economic Fundamentals and Their Impact on Economy and Distribution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Inequality and the Digital Economy

      • Eli Noam
      Pages 117-140

    3. Job Losses and the Middle Class: Canada and the USA, and the Possible Role of ICT

      • Leonard Waverman
      Pages 141-157

    4. Internet Innovations–Software Is Eating the World: Software-Defined Ecosystems and the Related Innovations Result in a Programmable Enterprise

      • Robert B. Cohen
      Pages 159-175

  5. Polices to Facilitate Structural and Social Adjustments without Slowing Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. ICT Innovation, Productivity, and Labor Market Adjustment Policy

      • Robert D. Atkinson
      Pages 179-200

    3. Ensuring the Education and Skills Needed for ICT Employment and Economic Growth

      • Richard N. Clarke
      Pages 201-214

    4. Smart Organizations, New Skills, and Smart Working to Manage Companies’ Digital Transformation

      • Andrea Iapichino, Amelia De Rosa, Paola Liberace
      Pages 215-227

    5. Investigating the Potential for Micro-work and Online-Freelancing in Sri Lanka

      • Helani Galpaya, Suthaharan Perampalam, Laleema Senanayake
      Pages 229-250Open Access

    6. Do Municipal Broadband Networks Stimulate or Crowd Out Private Investment? An Empirical Analysis of Employment Effects

      • Hal J. Singer
      Pages 251-261

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-270
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About this book

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.






Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium

    Lorenzo Pupillo

  • Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School, New York, USA

    Eli Noam

  • DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Burlington, Canada

    Leonard Waverman

About the editors

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 DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, Canada.


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