What is the potential of the new information and communication technologies? This book assesses the relationship between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors discuss patterns of growth, and the type of employment that countries might expect to be created following the introduction of these new technologies. Also analysed is the extent to which firms should adjust to more favourable production and distribution patterns. Institutional change is another issue addressed in detail as this encompasses the organization of working time, systems of education and innovation and the welfare state. The final section of the book addresses the future of European employment not only from the competitive position of Europe in a global economy but also the new societal and demographic contexts that will challenge European economies in the future. "Technology and the Future of European Employment" ends with an overview of the many policy priorities that European societies will have to address. A such, this book should be of interest to scholars of economics, sociology and politics as well as those involved in European studies, technology and innovation, and labour economics. Civil servants in relevant national departments and organizations should also find the book of interest and value.
Introduction - employment in Europe - the facts and the debates, Pascal Petit and Luc Soete. Part 1 Long term structural changes: long term structural changes - a reappraisal, Christopher Freeman; technology, growth and employment in post war Europe - short run dynamics and long run patterns, Umit Efendioglu and Nick Von Tunzelmann; Europe in the triad - growth patterns and structural changes, Pascal Petit. Part 2 Sectoral changes and demand: structural dynamics and employment in highly industrialized economies, Giovanni Russo and Ronald Schettkat; innovation, demand and employment, Mario Pianta; technical change and employment growth in services - analytical and policy challenges, Pascal Petit and Luc Soete; the European unemployment problem - a structural approach, Michael Landesmann and Robert Stehrer. Part 3 Changes in organization and distribution: new technologies, organizational change and the skill bias - a go into the black triangle, Eve Caroli; unemployment and labour market flexibility - a misplaced question?, Donatella Gatti; sweeping the chimney before kindling the fire as a workable option for employment policy, Adriaan Van Zon et al; determinants of sectoral average wage and employment growth rates in a specific factors model with production externalities and international capital movements, Ivo De Loo and Thomas Ziesemer; modelling the link between skill-biases in technical change and wage divergence through labour market extensions of Krugman's north-south model, Adriaan Van Zon et al. Part 4 Institutional change: changing working time patterns, Vincenzo Spieza and Marco Vivarelli; Europe's system(s) of innovation, Bruno Amable and Robert Boyer; employment, unemployment and aging in the Western European welfare states, Lars Mjoset; conclusion - on the future of European employment policy, Pascal Petit and Luc Soete.
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