Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202828 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12482
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The world of work is in constant change. Demographic shifts, technological innovation, institutional reforms and global economic integration affect the way people work. Technological innovations have a major impact on occupations and industries, changing the ways economies in different world regions, in both developed and developing countries, work along with new division of labour that are facilitated by global economic integration. This paper is based on the joint work within the International Panel on Social Progress. It highlights three main areas of attention: a) skill formation, d) the challenges to collective bargaining, and e) social protection and labour market policies. Based on an assessment of the existing evidence, the paper suggests some policy principles and concrete policy options that might further those objectives, not ignoring some tensions that might exist between flexibility and security in the different labour markets. The ultimate direction of reforms in line with an idea of social progress lies in institutional arrangements that facilitate the reconciliation of flexibility and productivity with access to decent jobs and social protection. We argue that distinct policy options are available that can be implemented more globally in order to achieve these goals simultaneously.
Subjects: 
future of work
industrial relations
skill formation
social protection
non-standard work
JEL: 
J21
J24
J52
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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