FutureworkNZ blog

To succeed in an unpredictable and changing world, adaptability is the key. Let’s be chameleons. Tec…

I’ve got some bad news about Santa Claus. The North Pole may be far, but it’s not too far to avoid t…

I’m sure you’ve heard some version of this popular prediction – about two-thirds of children enterin…

New research by Dave Maré from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research for the Commission investiga…

If you’re at risk of losing your job, your best protection is to have lots of other good job opportu…

I’ve been made redundant. There, I’ve said it. Admittedly, it happened a long time ago. In 1986 I st…

The Commission’s second draft report Employment, labour markets and income, for the Technological ch…

Redundancy pay is a rather primitive form of insurance or “income smoothing”. It’s an old technology…

Redundancy (or severance) pay is an old technology to protect people from the risks and costs of job…

Two new Productivity Commission reports tell us that the New Zealand labour market is characterised …

48% growth in employment over 40 years! This is a remarkable success story for New Zealand’s labour …

If you’ve read anything about technological change and the future of work – or even if you’ve just G…

This is a slide from Professor Richard Baldwin’s presentation about his new book The Globotics Uphea…

The first of the Productivity Commission’s reports on technological change and the future of work is…

A decline in the labour income share (LIS) is not definitive evidence of capital replacing human lab…

Technological progress need not eliminate jobs; automation can allow new and expanded worthwhile act…

How well does NZ support people who face job loss?  

I feel fortunate. In my working life – 3 ½ yea…

“Machines take jobs” cry the headlines. A journalist friend once said the media only publish two sto…

Are fast rates of re-employment always a good thing? New Zealand’s incidence of long-term unemployme…

Many people worry about the impact of new and emerging technologies like robots and artificial intel…

The US–China trade war is in the news again.

This graphic caught my eye. It accompanies the article Robots and Us in today’s Otago Daily Times.