The Jobs of Tomorrow : Technology, Productivity, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Channels Linking Technology to More Inclusive Growth -- Policies to Enable the Positive Impacts of Technology -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 The Need for Productivity-Enhancing Technology Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean -- References -- Chapter 3 A Conceptual Framework -- What Do We Know? -- Predictions about the Diverse Impacts of Technology Adoption -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 New Lessons from the Region on the Impacts of Technology Adoption -- Impact on Firm Productivity and the Demand for Jobs, Types of Skills, and Wages -- Impacts on Job Dynamics and the Role of Complementary Investments in Skills -- The Role of Labor Market Regulations on Firms' Decisions and Jobs Outcomes -- Impacts of Technology on Firms and Workers through Trade and Labor Mobility -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Improving the Environment for Technology Adoption with Inclusion -- Technology Diffusion Support Policies -- Product Market Policies -- Education, Skills, and Labor Market Policies -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Conclusions -- Questions for Further Research -- Reference -- Appendix A Background Studies -- Appendix B Detailed Literature Review -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Déjà vu-Preoccupations of and Responses to Perennial Luddites -- Box 3.1 A Model of Firm Heterogeneity with Predictions of the Impacts of Technology Adoption -- Figures -- Figure 2.1 Unemployment and Productivity by Region -- Figure 2.2 Unemployment and Productivity in Study Countries and Comparators -- Figure 2.3 Rates of Adoption of the Internet across Study Countries -- Figure 2.4 Rates of Internet and Mobile Phone Use by Households across Latin America and the Caribbean, Latest Year.

Figure 2.5 Digital Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean Is Still Far from the East Asia and OECD Averages -- Figure B3.1.1 Substitution and Inclusive Output Expansion Effects from Technology Adoption -- Figure 5.1 LAC Holds Last Place in the Business Environment Related to Digital Technologies -- Figure 5.2 Indices of Competition -- Figure 5.3 PISA Results and GDP per Capita -- Figure 5.4 Scientific Production by Geographic Region -- Maps -- Map 2.1 Internet Service Provision across Brazilian Municipalities, 1999-2014 -- Map 5.1 LAC Has Some of the Highest Total Tariffs and Taxes for ICT Products -- Tables -- Table 3.1 Predicted Impacts of Technology Adoption on Productivity, Jobs, and Wages -- Table 4.1 Empirical Impacts of Technology Adoption on Jobs, Wages, and Productivity.

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