Labor market opportunities for women in the digital age

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets, financial markets, and entrepreneurship. Currently, digitalization seems to favor female labor force, since women face on average lower risk of being replaced by machin...

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Published inEconomics. The open-access, open-assessment e-journal Vol. 12; no. 28; pp. 1 - 8A
Main Authors Krieger-Boden, Christiane, Sorgner, Alina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Walter de Gruyter GmbH 08.05.2018
Subjects
Age
Angel investors
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Big Data
Crowdfunding
Digital literacy
Digital technology
Digitization
Economics
Employment
Empowerment
Entrepreneurial finance
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Equality
Females
Financial inclusion
Gender differences
Gender equity
Gender inequality
Higher education
Labor force
Labor market
Occupations
Participation
Policy making
Risk assessment
Robotics
Skilled workers
Social skills
Startups
STEM education
Technological change
Venture capital
Women
United States > US
Japan
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Summary:Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets, financial markets, and entrepreneurship. Currently, digitalization seems to favor female labor force, since women face on average lower risk of being replaced by machines, as compared to men. Women's often superior social skills represent a comparative advantage in the digital age, and this is particularly so when social skills are complemented with higher education and advanced digital literacy. However, the same barriers and deficits that obstruct women's current advancement in many countries may deprive them from many beneficial opportunities in the digital age, including new entrepreneurial opportunities. Major efforts by policy makers are required to invalidate these barriers. New digital technologies should be used more decisively to achieve the goal of gender equality.
ISSN:1864-6042
1864-6042
DOI:10.5018/economics-ejoumal.ja.2018-28