Digitalisation and labour markets in developing countries.

Autor/inn/en	Fietz, Katharina; Lay, Jann
Titel	Digitalisation and labour markets in developing countries. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Digitalisierung und Arbeitsmärkte in Entwicklungsländern.
Quelle	[Hamburg]: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies (2023), 57 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	GIGA Working Papers. 335
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Technologische Entwicklung; Entwicklungsland; Arbeitsbedingungen; Beschäftigungseffekt; Lohnentwicklung; Qualifikationsanforderung; Internationaler Vergleich; Anwendung; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Infrastruktur; Smartphone; Internet
Abstract	"Digitalisation has a major impact on labour markets in developing countries. While Internet access expands, digital platforms proliferate and "gig-work" is performed in the Global South, access to and use of digital technologies remains far from universal. As the scope and speed of digitalisation vary across countries and "context matters". The present study reviews the evidence on the effects that selected key aspects of digitalisation on labour markets in developing economies with a focus on digital platforms. Although several studies find considerable effects regarding the employment impacts of digital infrastructures, the evidence on the impacts of digital platforms remains relatively patchy. For example, while transaction data from global online labour platforms demonstrate the important role of the Global South as a supplier on online platforms, we know very little about the extent of work on location-based online platforms. We discuss digital skills to harness digitalisation gains and identify several evidence gaps." The study refers to the period 1990-2022. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1