Skills and Future of Work

In the EU-27 countries, from 2013 to 2022, annual wages increased by 0.24 percent in information and communication technology (ICT) services compared to 0.20 percent across the rest of the economy.

From 2010 to 2023, the proportion of doctorate degrees awarded to temporary visa holder doctorate recipients in the S&E fields rose 4 percentage points.

Giving in to dockworkers’ demands for higher wages without higher productivity would set a dangerous precedent that opposing automation is a noble cause. It’s not. It costs U.S. consumers and the economy dearly.

Rob Atkinson and David Moschella appeared on the Technically Human Podcast with host Deb Doing to discuss their book Technology Fears and Scapegoats.

Rob Atkinson appeared on TechSurge: The Deep Tech Podcast to discuss whether AI will take away people's jobs, technology is eroding privacy, and the pace of technology advancement too fast.

In industries that are globally traded, overly aggressive union demands run the risk of putting firms at a competitive disadvantage—helping current union members in the short term, but hurting the firms, future workers, and the national economy in the long term as the firms become less competitive in global markets.

While a labor shortage may drive up the cost of labor in the short run, in the long run it results in increased labor productivity and reduced prices.

Rob Atkinson appeared on The Government Huddle with Brian Chidester to address the widespread myths and misconceptions surrounding modern technologies and their impact on society.

A recent working paper found that firms that won H-1B visa lotteries experienced positive effects across all elements of the firm.

Rob Atkinson appeared on Embracing Digital Transformation to discuss government technology policy with host Darren Pulsipher, chief solution architect for public sector at Intel.