Women, automation, and the future of work
- Creator
- Hegewisch, Ariane
- Childers, Chandra
- Hartmann, Heidi
Women, automation, and the future of work
Gender analysis of the impact of technological change on women and men’s employment in the United .United States. The report focuses on the estimated effects for women, given the jobs where .women predominantly work and the disproportionate share of informal care done by women. It analyzes gender specific trends on the labor market and the income differences between women and men working with computers and digital media. It also considers experiences of women of different races and ethnicities and discusses the opportunities new technologies create for balancing work and family as well as the new risks. Finally, the report gives policy suggestions for the improvement of outcomes of this so-called fourth industrial revolution.
- Creator
- Hegewisch, Ariane
- Childers, Chandra
- Hartmann, Heidi