The Effects of Automation on Employment, Wages, and Inequality in Germany
Experts discuss how German works councils, supervisory boards, and employers’ associations affect the pace and magnitude of automation in labor-market conditions.
This Richard C. Holbrooke Workshop, organized by Laura Tyson, asks, “How are Germany’s government and businesses responding to the effects of automation on the quality and quantity of jobs in the country?” To address this question, a gathering of experts from a variety of disciplines and practices will discuss how German works councils, supervisory boards, and employers’ associations affecting the pace and magnitude of changes in labor-market conditions; how are policies influencing the effects of automation on labor-market outcomes—wages, hours of work, number of jobs, and training for dislocated workers; and what kind of adjustments in social welfare and insurance policies are required to help workers and their families respond to job losses caused by automation.
Meet the speaker
Laura D’Andrea Tyson is Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, Faculty Director of the Institute for Business and Social Impact, Berkeley Haas School of Business, and chair of the board of trustees of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her BA at Smith College and her PhD…
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