This Will Work: Changing Patterns of Labour, Work and National Productivity

Episode 40 June 22, 2023 00:45:55
This Will Work: Changing Patterns of Labour, Work and National Productivity
The Louder Than Words Podcast
This Will Work: Changing Patterns of Labour, Work and National Productivity

Jun 22 2023 | 00:45:55

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Show Notes

Join Friederike Mengel and Carlos Carillo Tudela in conversation with Jules Pretty on the modern nature of work, how labour economics helps us understand the rapid pace of change, the impacts on women, the choices regarding home working, and what this all means for national productivity and whether countries become poorer or richer.

Friederike Mengel and Carlos Carillo Tudela are economists in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex.

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