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The future of work in the Visegrad Group of countries

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  • Mark Keese

    (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France)

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A number of megatrends are hitting the world of work at the same time. These include the digital revolution, globalisation and rapid population ageing, which are all having a profound impact on the types of jobs that are being created and how and where they are performed. This paper examines the challenges confronting the Visegrad Group of countries and the broad policy responses that will be required. It looks at the risk of job automation, how the structure of employment is changing by skill level and the rise of the gig economy. These changes will require a combination of policy responses in the areas of employment regulation, measures to facilitate labour mobility and lifelong learning, social protection and social dialogue. In many cases, this will not require a complete paradigm shift in policies but an adaptation and strengthening of existing polices.

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  • Mark Keese, 2020. "The future of work in the Visegrad Group of countries," Society and Economy, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 42(2), pages 124-145, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:soceco:v:42:y:2020:i:2:p:124-145
    Note: This paper represents the views of the author only and does not necessarily represent those of the OECD or its Member Countries. For their helpful comments, the author would like to thank the two referees of the paper, Stijn Broeke from the OECD, and participants at the conference on “Innovation, Integration and Mobility: The perspectives of sustainable employment in Europe”, Corvinus University, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 28–29 March 2018.
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    Cited by:

    1. Anna Olkiewicz & Marcin Okliewicz & Radosław Wolniak & Paula Donajska, 2020. "Factors Influencing the Organization of Work in a Fish Processing Industrial Enterprise," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 1), pages 502-515.
    2. J.S. Keshminder & Md Aslam Mia & Mohammad Nourani & Miao Zhang, 2022. "Gig employment in the Malaysian manufacturing industry: a cross‐sectional analysis," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 36(1), pages 48-66, May.

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    Keywords

    ageing; automation; skills; unions; post transition economies; labor policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J58 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Public Policy
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • P23 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population

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