What are the social impacts of the introduction of IT and flexibilisation of labour markets and what are the policy implications?

It has recently become apparent that the changes in labour markets and in society as a whole attendant upon (but not necessarily directly resulting from) the introduction of new information and communications technologies have profound implications for society as a whole and, in particular, for the nature of welfare systems. We have begun to do some thinking and research in this area but a lot of work remains to be done.

Here are a few recent publications on the subject by Ursula Huws and colleagues:

'Flexibilisierung und Sicherheit: Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen europäischen Gleichgewicht', in Zilian, H.G. and Flecker, J (eds), Flexibilisierung - Problem oder Lösung?. Edition Sigma, Berlin April, 1998
Flexibility and Security: towards a New European Balance, Citizens Income Trust, March, 1998
Flexible Labour Markets and Social Protection in Europe, European Commission, DGV, 1996
The Information Society and Gender, European Commission DGV, Equal Opportunities Unit, February, 1996 (a critical evaluation from a gender perspective of the interim report Building the European Information Society for Us All by the DGV High Level Expert Group on the Information Society)
'Contesting Liberty' in Red Pepper No 18, November, 1995 (review article which discusses inter alia various approaches to the idea of a basic citizen's income as a solution to the problems raised by increased precariousness in labour market)
Follow-up to the White Paper- Teleworking, (European Commission Directorate General V, Brussels, September, 1994, also published as Social Europe, Supplement 3, European Commission DGV, 1995

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