Research frontiers in the institutional analysis of work

John S. Ahlquist

Chapter 22 in A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, 2018, pp 196-204 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: What it means to “have a job†or “go to work†is changing, yet we still have only a limited grasp of these changes and what they imply for everything from regulation to political institutions. The author links the new “task approach†to labor economics with theories of transaction costs to explore how changing technology impacts the contractual and regulatory organization of work. He highlights important areas where both basic and policy-oriented research are needed, including data infrastructure; property rights in personal information; mismatch between regulatory policy and the work arrangements of the future; and the possibilities for collective action and political mobilization among workers.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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