How digital technology affects working conditions in globally fragmented production chains:
Evidence from Europe
Source: Social Science Research Network - SSRN
20/02/2023: It's a preprint which is not peerreviewed.
This is a comparative study by Aleksandra Parteka, Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz and Dagmara Nikulin. The comparative study focuses on the impact of digital technologies on working conditions. The researchers used a sample of more than 9.5 million workers from 22 European Union countries.
In this comparative study, the researchers compare the social impact of three digital innovations: software, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI).
In the first part, the research focuses on assessing working conditions with a holistic and sociological approach and by adding other factors of job quality.
These new parameters are the physical and social work environment, work intensity, quality of working time, skills and discretion, and prospects.
Based on the literature, the second part of the paper focuses on the impact of AI technological innovations compared to older automation innovations on the self-employed.
Finally, the researchers propose a multi-country analysis of the relationship between modern technologies and the well-being of workers in Europe.
The information provided by the researchers includes socio-demographic characteristics, wage levels and aspects of working conditions that are not related to income, as well as information on remuneration.