Time use, technology, and the future of work
Jonathan I GershunyUniversity of Bath
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIOTECHNICAL INNOVATION
How does technical innovation change the world? We all know about its effect on labour productivity. Technical change means that, for a given amount of work, we get more product: new tools, new forms of organisation, allow us to produce more goods and services for each minute of work. If we produce more goods and services, then we must also consume them. So technical change means that we produce more in our work time, and consume more in our...