Information and communication technology

US: Gig Economy May Replace Retirement

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Plan Adviser (17.05.2018)  Sixteen percent of Americans plan on having gig economy jobs in retirement.

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Sizing the potential value of AI and advanced analytics

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McKinsey & Company (April 2018) An analysis of more than 400 use cases across 19 industries and nine business functions highlights the broad use and significant economic potential of advanced AI techniques.

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[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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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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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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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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[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).

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Social Services for Digital Citizens: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean

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iadb (2018) Disruption is the new norm and the digital transformation can spur innovation growth across many activities. Emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) can help governments reduce costs while improving services. Not every emerging technology will alter the social landscape, but some truly do have the potential to disrupt the status quo and change the way people live.

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France: L’exécutif plaide pour une protection sociale des travailleurs « ubérisés »

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Le Monde (09.05.2018) La protection sociale des travailleurs « ubérisés » va-t-elle s’améliorer ? Tel est, en tout cas, l’objectif affiché par le gouvernement et par plusieurs députés de la majorité qui veulent ajouter des mesures allant dans ce sens dans le projet de loi « avenir professionnel », examiné à ­l’Assemblée nationale à partir de la fin mai.

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