Working Paper 3 : Initial Thoughts on Policy Issues for the Future of Work

This working paper explores the range of possible futures for the world of work and employment, and the possible policy responses thereunto. It starts with a critical overview of some of the key issues concerned with how thinking about and forecasting the future is taking place at global and other levels. Digital innovation is only one of a set of challenges that policy makers face, and often its effects overlay and amplify pre-existing trends and challenges. The paper goes on to offer a framework for categorising and analysing the different types and orders of effects that digitalisation (and other factors) may have on skill needs and education and training (E&T). The working paper concludes by setting out the emerging priorities and foci for the next stages of our research.

 

Working Paper 3 by Ewart Keep. Download full working paper here.