The development of a global Knowledge-based
Society has presented huge new challenges to statisticians as occupations,
businesses, production and work processes and labour market be¬haviour
are transformed at accelerating speed. In the absence of reliable data,
the public debate is all too often based on anecdote, hype or misinformation.
The speed and scope of the current labour market changes instigate new
demands for information, coming from policy-makers, jour¬nalists,
academics and other stakeholders. Some of these demands include: How many
companies practice offshore outsourcing and how many jobs are at risk?
How many teleworkers are there? How many people work in call centres?
How many people use computers at work? How many work in virtual teams?
How fast are these trends growing? Which countries are leading these develop¬ments
and which are lagging behind? Is work really becoming more flexible? And
are workers really becoming more mobile? Drawing on the work of the European
STILE project (www.STILE.be), this unique book brings together contributions
from leading European academic and independent research institutes and
National Statistical Institutes, academic experts and international organisations.
The result is a comprehensive overview - indispensable reading for statisticians,
researchers or policy-makers with an interest in gaining an accurate insight
into the economic and social upheavals accompanying technological change
and informing a responsible public debate on the future of work.
Contents
Measuring the labour market in the New Economy: the work of the STILE
project / Monique Ramioul & An Bollen
European establishment surveys: obstacles and opportunities on the
road to cross-national convergence / Peter Ester, Markus Promberger
& Amelia Román
Employers demand for part-time workers: incidence and motives in
Germany and the Netherlands / Piet Allaart & Lutz Bellmann
Reflections on mobility in the New Economy / Anders Ekeland
A cost benefit assessment of administrative databases and surveys
in measuring labour market mobility / Mikael Åkerblom
Measuring labour market mobility in the ICT sector / Alex Stimpson
& Maarten Tielens
Measuring potential offshoring of ICT intensive using occupations
/ Desirée van Welsum & Graham Vickery
Coding and classification of sectors and occupations in the eEconomy
/ Ursula Huws
Occupational profiling in the Information Society / Ben Hövels
New occupations in a new economic environment: European similarities
and differences / An Bollen & Monique Ramioul
How to measure eWork in social surveys / Giovanna Altieri, Francesca
della Ratta & Cristina Oteri
Telework: the latest figures and what they mean / Joanne Pratt
Interplay of technological and organisational innovations: the case
of eWork diffusion in the New Member States / Csaba Makó &
Miklós Illéssy
This publication can be ordered by email (HIVA@kuleuven.be),
by fax (+32 16323344) or via our ordering facilities on their
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