Pandemic’s Box: How Corona Changes the Future of Work around the Globe
The Covid-19 crisis impacts the way we work and the technologies we use. It will have lasting effects on Global Value Chains, robotization and the […]
Employment
Capital Deepening in the Twenty-first Century: a Wrap Up of Findings
This week, we wrap up our special series on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. We draw some conclusions. We […]
Will 1.8bn jobs in developing countries be taken over by robots? (Probably not. But…)
This week, we continue a special series of blogs on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. We look at employment […]
Drivers of automation: who or what leads the way?
This week, we continue a special series of blogs based on our new paper on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing […]
The future of work and wages in developing countries: a special series of blogs
This week, we continue a special series of blogs on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. Last week we presented […]
The Rise of the Robot Reserve Army: Working Hard or Hardly Working?
The rise of a new global ‘robot reserve army’ will have profound effects on developing countries but will it mean people will be working hard […]
DSA2018: Does structural transformation lead to higher inequality?
The ESRC GPID network ran two panels at the DSA 2018 conference in Manchester showcasing new research on structural change and inclusive growth. In this […]
Are there good and bad varieties of deindustrialisation?
Deindustrialisation has become the experience of many middle income developing countries. This week on the ESRC GPID blog we start a series of blogs on […]
Is the Lewis model of economic development still relevant to developing countries?
This week ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner, takes a look at a model of economic development from the 1950s that he argues is highly relevant […]
What is premature deindustrialisation and does it matter?
Structural change has long been associated with deindustrialisation in advanced countries. This typically means that there is a focus on the shrinking proportion of industrial […]
