Automation
Report
The digital edge: middle-skill workers and careers
For an increasing number of American workers, the term “middle-skill” has come to mean “digital skills.” Some 82% of middle-skill jobs are now “digitally intensive,” a 4% increase over the past two years. Evenmore importantly, the digital skills marketplace is sorting out into clear pathways for workers to advance, a vital component if middle-skill workers...
Report
The future of work we want: a global dialogue
This report presents a short summary of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) Global Dialogue on “The Future of Work We Want”, which brought together leading economists, academics and representatives from governments and social partners (employers’ and workers’ organizations) to discuss the profound changes sweeping through the world of work.
Report
Artificial intelligence and public policy
There is growing interest in the market potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and applications as well as in the potential risks that these technologies
Policy report
What's age got to do with it? Towards a new advocacy on ageing and work
The report offers a framework for developing public policy on age and work, proposing principles against which the legitimacy of actions should be tested.
Policy report
Accelerating labour market transformation
Digitization is driving massive labour market transformation across the globe. This policy brief looks at the effects of automation on businesses, current workforces and communities especially in developed nations and suggests interventions to tackle the unprecedented challenges. Even though complexity and exponential developments in the world can be daunting and counter-intuitive, the authors suggest that...