The Employment Consequences of Technological Change

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Theoretical Approaches to the Effects of Technical Change on Unemployment....Pages 13-24
Technological Change, Demand and Employment....Pages 25-51
The Nature of Unemployment under Technical Progress....Pages 52-65
Employment Policy for Balanced Growth under an Input Constraint....Pages 66-81
New Technology, Demand and Employment....Pages 82-96
The Diffusion of Microelectronic Technology in South-East England....Pages 97-109
Employment Projections and Structural Change....Pages 110-125
Embodied Technical Change and the Age of Capital: Empirical Evidence for Manufacturing Establishments....Pages 126-142
A Model for Long-run Forecasts of Employment in Industrial Sectors....Pages 143-156
Consequences of Technological Change: the Case of the Shipbuilding Industry....Pages 157-173
The Trade Union Response to New Technology....Pages 174-188
Responses to the Employment Consequences of Technological Change....Pages 189-207
Innovations in Work Organisation as a Response to the Employment Implications of Technological Change....Pages 208-223
Back Matter....Pages 224-236