Rising membership of public sector unions and the growing political influence of these unions have led to government workers earning a premium over their private sector counterparts.
Intelligent machines are good at some jobs that were once done by humans.
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Providing citizens with a basic income has shown signs of success in lifting people out of poverty, but more importantly the idea is transforming the way we think about inequality.
Care workers need career progression too.
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Working in a care home should come with better career prospects.
A lot of people in Indonesia juggle precarious jobs in the informal sector. They work without employment contracts and can lose their jobs without warning.
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Some data shows the gap in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled working-age people has gone down. But other data says the opposite. Here’s why.
It’s not the quantity but quality of jobs on offer to young people that deserves further attention.
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The most radical reinvention of work since the rise of industrialization is upon us, as more of us drift toward app-enabled self-employment.
The African continent is embracing technology in varying degrees. Swimmers use a selfie stick to take a picture of themselves in shallow waters of the River Nile outside Khartoum, Sudan.
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Science and technology is seen as a key driver of a nation’s economic fortunes. How is the African continent faring a decade after the first major global survey on countries’ performance?