Arbeitspapier

Digital challenges for the welfare state

Digitalization is the buzzword under which profound changes of the labor market can be summarized. Next to automation, i.e., the increasing use of robots, "intelligent" machines and more comprehensive algorithms that is no longer restricted to routine tasks, especially the emerging platform economy may pose significant "digital challenges" for the welfare state. This article sheds light on the potentially eroding foundations of the welfare state, it discusses tools for combating a potential digital divide on the individual level, and it proposes a new institutional perspective on firms, workers, and the welfare state.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 134

Classification
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics Policies
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Technological Change: Government Policy
Subject
digitalization
robots
automation
future of work
industry 4.0
technological change
platform economy
welfare state

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Eichhorst, Werner
Rinne, Ulf
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2017

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Eichhorst, Werner
  • Rinne, Ulf
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2017

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