17.07.2017

Labour Markets in Constant Flux: Can Workers and Workforce Policies Adjust as Quickly?

Main event: Lectures "WIFO-Extern"
Persons: Douglas J. Besharov
Language: Englisch
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Globalisation, automation, low birth rates, immigration, obsolete and insufficient skills for a changing jobs environment, and poorly attuned workforce and social welfare systems combine to threaten the economic well-being of developed countries. Are there viable options to counter current trends? Do we have the social maturity and political will to adopt them? The view from America.