Placing Digitalisation in Context. An Eurofund Report on the Implications for Work and Employment of...

This Eurofund report reviews the history of the digital revolution to date, placing it in the context of other periods of marked technological advances and examining how technological change interacts with changes in institutions which goes with the technology, innovation and working conditions approach of EANPC.

The contents at a glance:

1. The foundations: Technological and socioeconomic change

• Division of labour  
• Role of institutions

2. Attributes of the digital economy

• Flexibility of production 
• Availability of information
• Zero marginal costs
• Network effects

3. Implications for work and employment: Three vectors of change

• Automation of work 
• Digitalisation of processes
• Coordination by platforms

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) is a tripartite European Union Agency, whose role is to provide knowledge in the area of social, employment and work-related policies.

^{Source: Eurofund 2018
Automation, digitalisation and platforms: Implications for work and employment. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef18002en.pdf}