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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Can a universal basic income resolve future income security challenges? | Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe | Can a universal basic income resolve future income security challenges? Universal basic income approaches are currently high on the agenda as possible policy options to resolve the income security challenges that emerge on the one hand from new forms of work in the wake of digitalization and… |
There is a wide diversity of proposals on the table, which drastically differ in terms of the level of the proposed basic income, the prospective recipients, financing modalities, and the benefits and services that such a universal basic income would replace, as well as on the expected economic a |
Extension of coverage, Inequalities | basic income, contribution collection, coverage, universal-basic-income | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/audio/WCMS_561707/lang--en/i… | -treichel | |||
| Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy - Income volatility | United States | JPMorgan Chase Institute. February 2016 Paychecks, Paydays, and the Online Platform Economy . Americans experience tremendous income volatility, and that volatility is on the rise. Income volatility matters because it is hard to manage. The typical household faces a shortfall… |
Employment | self-employed | https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/institute/report-paychecks-paydays-and-… | ruggia | ||||
| Argentina’s Young Freelance Economy Means Some Uncertainty, But It’s a Valuable Growth Opportunity - Hiring | Upwork | argentina | How can you get started as a freelancer when the path in your country is unclear? In a series of posts, we’ve invited freelancers from around the world to share tips and best practices they’ve learned along the way. In this post, Leo Brambilla talks about his experience as an Argentinian… |
Employment | freelance, self-employed | https://www.upwork.com/hiring/for-freelancers/freelancing-in-argentina/ | ruggia | ||||
| Freelancers in the U.S. workforce : Monthly Labor Review: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | United States | Editor’s note: This essay is part of a series being published to help commemorate the Monthly Labor Review’s centennial (July 1915–July 2015). The essays―written by eminent authorities and distinguished experts in a broad range of fields―cover a variety of topics pertinent to the Review and the… |
Employment | freelance, self-employed | https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/article/freelancers-in-the-us-workforce.htm | ruggia | ||||
| The South Centre • South Unity, South Progress | Africa, latin america, Asia | policy reponse | https://www.southcentre.int/ | ruggia | ||||||
| EUR-Lex (European Union laws) - Search results | Europe | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?qid=1498473330288&text=social%20security&s… | ruggia | |||||||
| Forrester Predicts Automation Will Displace 24.7 Million Jobs And Add 14.9 Million Jobs By 2027 | forrester.com (03.04.2017) Forrester released an update to its Future Of Jobs research, which predicts how robots, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) will… |
Unemployment | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.forrester.com/Forrester+Predicts+Automation+Will+Displace+247+Milli… | -brener | |||||
| Moody's: Emerging markets' ability to adapt to technology crucial as robotics use surges | Americas, Asia, Europe | Global Credit Research - 17 May 2017 New York, May 17, 2017 -- The accelerating adoption of robotics in manufacturing in some of the worlds' more advanced economies could pose challenges to emerging market exporters that have benefited from their comparative advantage of lower cost, high skilled… |
Employment | digital economy, robotization | https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-Emerging-markets-ability-to-adapt-to-tec… | ruggia | ||||
| Moody's: Emerging markets' ability to adapt to technology crucial as robotics use surges | Global Credit Research (17.05.2017) The accelerating adoption of robotics in manufacturing in some of the worlds' more advanced economies could pose challenges to emerging market exporters that have benefited from their comparative advantage of lower cost, high skilled labor, says Moody's… |
The US (Aaa stable), Germany (Aaa stable), Japan (A1 stable), Korea (Aa2 stable) and China (Aa3 negative) account for about 75% of spending on global industrial robotics worldwide. In these five countries, the use of robotics could even bring back some of the processes that have been offshored to |
Employment | robotization | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-Emerging-markets-ability-to-adapt-to-tec… | ruggia | |||
| Manager and machine: The new leadership equation | McKinsey & Company | United States | As artificial intelligence takes hold, what will it take to be an effective executive? In a 1967 McKinsey Quarterly article, “The manager and the moron,” Peter Drucker noted that “the computer makes no decisions; it only carries out orders. It’s a total moron, and therein lies its strength. It… |
Employment | http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/leadership/manager-and-machine | ruggia | |||||
| The Platform Economy: Here to stay? - TU Digitalisation Forum, Feb 2017, Session 4 - YouTube | New forms of non-standard work in the online platform economy are creating a growing gap between digital innovation and decent work, which by definition includes fair wages, social protection and the right to bargain collectively. While estimates on the growth of on-demand and crowd work vary… |
digital platforms | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygTNS2C-GTM | massetti | ||||||
| MÉXICO DESPLAZA A CANADÁ EN AUTOMATIZACIÓN INDUSTRIAL | Opportimes | mexico | robotization | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.opportimes.com/revolucion-4-0/mexico-desplaza-a-canada-en-automatiz… | ruggia | |||||
| Uber: sus primeros coches autónomos arrancan operaciones en Pittsburgh | United States | xataka.com (14.09.2016) Pues al final Uber logró adelantarse a todos, bueno, casi a todos si no contamos el caso de NuTonomy en Singapur, ya que hoy la compañía ha arrancado con la operación de sus primeros coches autónomos que estarán dando servicio en las calles de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,… |
Employment | artificial intelligence , robotization | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.xataka.com/automovil/ya-estan-aqui-los-primeros-coches-autonomos-de… | ruggia | |||
| En México está en riesgo el 52% de los empleos por robots y automatización | mexico | El Cronista (25.07.2017) La automatización y robotización ponen en jaque al 52% de los empleos en México, dice el Instituto Global McKinsey. Son 25,5 millones de puestos de trabajo los que están en riesgo por la llamada cuarta Revolución Industrial. |
Employment, Unemployment | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.cronista.com/ripe/En-Mexico-esta-en-riesgo-el-52-de-los-empleos-por… | ruggia | ||||
| How artificial intelligence can deliver real value to companies | McKinsey Global Institute (30.06.2017) Companies new to the space can learn a great deal from early adopters who have invested billions into AI and are now beginning to reap a range of benefits. After decades of extravagant promises and frustrating disappointments, artificial intelligence… |
Employment, Technological transition | artificial intelligence , digital economy | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-analytics/our-insights/how-… | ruggia | ||||
| Where machines could replace humans--and where they can’t (yet) | United States | McKinsey Quarterly (25.07.2016) The technical potential for automation differs dramatically across sectors and activities. As automation technologies such as machine learning and robotics play an increasingly great role in everyday life, their potential effect on the workplace has,… |
Employment, Unemployment | digital economy | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/where-… | ruggia | |||
| Sécurité sociale espagnole: les marocains 1ers cotisants extra-communautaire | morocco, spain | Infomédiaire (21.07.2017) Infomédiaire Maroc – Quelque 230 470 marocains étaient affiliés à la sécurité sociale en Espagne à fin juin dernier, en baisse par rapport au mois précédent (240 129), a indiqué hier le ministère espagnol de l’Emploi et de la sécurité sociale. |
Migration | megatrends, migration | https://www.infomediaire.net/securite-sociale-espagnole-les-marocains-1ers-coti… | monitor | ||||
| Deutschland: Wer im Alter noch arbeitet - und warum | germany | Der Spiegel (13.07.2017) Immer mehr Menschen im Rentenalter arbeiten, binnen zehn Jahren hat sich ihre Zahl verdoppelt. Woher kommt das? Wie geht es weiter? Und was muss man beachten, wenn man länger im Beruf bleibt? |
Old-age pensions, Employment | megatrends, published | http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/arbeiten-im-alter-die-wichtigsten-fragen-und-ant… | monitor | ||||
| Etats.Unis: Dernière chance pour Trump d’abroger Obamacare | United States | Le Monde (25.07.2017) Le président américain met tout son poids dans la balance pour enjoindre les sénateurs républicains à ouvrir les débats sur l’abrogation du système de santé |
Health | published | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2017/07/25/derniere-chance-pour-trum… | monitor | ||||
| Envejecimiento de ecuatorianos impactará en la seguridad social | ecuador | El Comercio (17.07.2017) La población de América Latina y el Caribe, reconocida por su alto porcentaje de personas jóvenes, avanza hacia el envejecimiento, tendencia que se está consolidando. Así, por primera vez, en el 2040 los adultos mayores de 60 años superarán a los menores de 15. |
Old-age pensions | megatrends | http://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/ecuador-iess-promedio-edad-envejecimiento… | monitor | ||||
| US spends big on health care but doesn't get much back, study says | United States | CNBC (13.07.2017) Health care accounts for 16.6 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. Despite the amount the U.S. spends on health care, its system ranks dead last in a study of 11 high-income countries. The U.S. is the only nation included in the study that does not offer universal health… |
Health | http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/us-spends-big-on-health-care-but-doesnt-get-much… | monitor | |||||
| [Opinion] Can Bangladesh become a welfare state? | bangladesh | The Daily Star (17.07.2017) National Social Security Strategy approved by the Cabinet in 2015 points to a strong political commitment of Bangladesh to become a welfare state. The welfare state has potential to provide economic security, advance opportunities and ensure wellbeing for all and… |
http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/economics/can-bangladesh-become-welfare-state… | monitor | ||||||
| Belgique: Les futures allocations familiales wallonnes: 155 euros par enfant jusqu’à 18 ans | belgium | La Libre (14.07.2017) Avec le nouveau système d’allocations familiales validé, en première lecture, jeudi, par le gouvernement wallon, pour chaque enfant né à partir du 1er janvier 2019, la famille recevra une allocation de base de 155 € jusqu’aux 18 ans de l’enfant et de 165 € de ses 18 à 24… |
Family benefits | http://www.lalibre.be/actu/politique-belge/les-futures-allocations-familiales-w… | monitor | |||||
| Deutschland: Grundeinkommen - Warum Thomas Straubhaar die Digitalisierung als Chance sieht | germany | Stern (17.07.2017) Ein staatliches Grundeinkommen könnte sämtliche Sozialleistungen ersetzen, müsste aber finanziert werden. Der Ökonom Thomas Straubhaar erklärt, wie das System funktionieren würde - und warum es in der Arbeitswelt von morgen nötig ist. |
digital economy, basic income, published | http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/job/grundeinkommen--warum-thomas-straubhaar-die-… | monitor | |||||
| La réforme républicaine du système de santé américain est à nouveau avortée | United States | Le Temps (18.07.2017) Quatre des 52 sénateurs républicains ont voté contre la dernière mouture du Trumpcare, alors qu'au minimum 50 voix étaient requises. A la place, les sénateurs voteront pour abroger des éléments centraux de l'Obamacare |
Health | published | https://www.letemps.ch/monde/2017/07/18/reforme-republicaine-systeme-sante-amer… | monitor |