[Analyse] Digitalisierung: Die Arbeitswelt der Zukunft

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WirtschaftsWoche (03.05.2018) Wir haben eine Vorstellung davon, wie die Digitalisierung und neue Technologien Geschäftsmodelle verändern. Nun gilt es darüber nachzudenken, wie unsere Arbeitswelt aussehen wird und welche Rolle Menschen darin spielen.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Panorama de la migración internacional en el Caribe | Publicación | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

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El presente documento es un examen del panorama de la migración internacional en la subregión del Caribe, y es uno de los insumos que la CEPAL entrega como contribución al Pacto Mundial para una migración segura, ordenada y regular (PMM). Junto con una delimitación necesaria de la subregión, se abordan primero los aspectos destacados y tendencias de la migración internacional, con información sobre “stocks” y sobre algunos flujos.

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Americas
Global challenges
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Migration

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Panorama de la migración internacional en América del Sur | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

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En este documento e analizan las tendencias migratorias de América del Sur en el contexto de distintos factores determinantes y según diversas fuentes de información. Se establecen los grandes patrones migratorios y algunas de sus especificidades, teniendo presente los cambios en las dinámicas migratorias. Se destaca que en los países de esta subregión la protección de los derechos de los migrantes constituye un horizonte normativo que adquiere vigencia y centralidad en la agenda política así como en la institucionalidad migratoria.

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latin america
Global challenges
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Migration

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L'Autriche va diminuer les allocations familiales pour certains

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Le Figaro (02.05.2018) La coalition gouvernementale des conservateurs et de l'extrême droite au pouvoir à Vienne a présenté mercredi une réforme diminuant les allocations familiales versées pour certains enfants vivant à l'étranger, qui touchera notamment la main d'oeuvre des pays de l'Est travaillant en Autriche.

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austria
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Family benefits
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New form of work in the digital economy

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OECD (June 2016) This paper was prepared as a contribution to the background report of Panel 4.1 “New Market and New Jobs” of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy, 21-23 June 2016, Cancún (Mexico). It provides new evidence on the development of online platform markets, discusses opportunities and challenges of new forms of work in platform service markets, developments of non-standard work in OECD countries, and policy issues related to new forms of work.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
External impact
Digital Platforms
Labour market
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OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017

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(Oct 2017) The biennial OECD Digital Economy Outlook examines and documents evolutions and emerging opportunities and challenges in the digital economy. It highlights how OECD countries and partner economies are taking advantage of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the Internet to meet their public policy objectives.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
External impact
Digital Platforms
Economic impact
Labour market
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Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy

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McKinsey & Company (Oct 2016) The McKinsey Global Institute examines all the ways people are earning income, as well as the challenges independent work presents.

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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
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Uganda: Minimum Wage Reform Can Address Future Social Protection Challenges 

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New Vision (08.05.2018) May 1st was yet another day for the world to commemorate Labour Day. Workers from all over the world are faced with different opportunities and challenges. When I was reflecting on the past Labour Day celebrations in Uganda, I noticed with concern that the debate on minimum wage did not take a centre stage as has always been the case. 
 

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uganda
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Chinese Government pushing for integration of Internet technologies with healthcare

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opengovasia.com (30.04.2018) The top two levels of hospitals within the three-tier hospital system will be encouraged to provide online services, including consultation, reservation and test result inquiry. The health authority intends to issue detailed online hospital regulations by May.

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china
Global challenges
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Medical care
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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[Report] Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Their Impact on the Workplace

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(04.04.2018) The present wave of automation, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) – the development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence – is creating a gap between current legislation and new laws necessary for an emerging workplace reality, states a report published today by the International Bar Association Global Employment Institute (IBA GEI).

Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Large-scale automation
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