RESULTATS DE LA CERCA
Secciones Dossier: "The workday and artificial intelligence: a delicate but necessary balance" coordinated by Pau Cortadas Guasch (1) Dossier: "A holistic view of well-being: personal sovereignty, state and sustainability" coordinated by Fernando Álvarez (1) Dossier: "Social responsibility: a management model that cannot be postponed" coordinated by August Corrons Giménez (1) Dossier: «Innovation and digital transformation: challenges and opportunities» coordinated by Mihaela Enache Zegheru and Ramon González Cambray (1) Dossier: «People and organizations facing the "new?" ways of working» coordinated by Eva Rimbau Gilabert (1) Dossier: «Redefining infrastructures for sustainable mobility» coordinated by Pere Suau-Sanchez and Eduard J. Alvarez Palau (1) Dossier: "25 years of Economics and Business Studies at the UOC: reflections on the future" coordinated by María Jesús Martínez Argüelles and Joan Miquel Gomis López (1) Dossier: "Vectors of sustainability: visions from the economy" coordinated by Albert Puig Gómez (1) Dossier on collaborative economy (I): Platform economies and collaborative business, coordinated by Joan Torrent-Sellens (1) Dossier on collaborative economy (& II): New strategies and alternative aspects of the platform economy, coordinated by Lluís Alfons Garay Tamajón (1) Dossier: «Gender and business: towards real equality» coordinated by Laura Lamolla Kristiansen (1) Dossier «Revolution 4.0: progress or precariousness?» coordinated by Josep Lladós (1) Dossier «Digital marketing: revolutionising consumption and society» coordinated by Irene Esteban (1) Dossier «The Future of Finance: Ethics, Technology and Globalisation» coordinated by Joan Llobet (1) Dossier: «Logistics and supply chain in the new digital age» coordinated by Marta Viu Roig (1) Dossier: «Leading people to transform organizations in times of uncertainty»
coordinated by Pilar Ficapal-Cusí (1)
Dossier: «Keys to understanding today's tourism»
coordinated by Francesc González and Soledad Morales (1)
Dossier: «Social and Solidarity Economy: Experiences and Challenges» (1) Dossier: «Rethinking the teaching of economics in universities» coordinated by Carolina Hintzmann (1) Dossier: «Prevention of occupational risks: trends in times of crisis» (1) Dossier: «Realities and challenges of the European Union» (1) Dossier: Social media, economics and business (1) Dossier (1)
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What is the future of productivity?
Antonin Bergeaud, Gilbert Cette

Productivity has been slowing in advanced economies for several decades, and today’s potential productivity increases are among the lowest seen in more than a century, except in times of war. A drop in Europe compared to the United States, which has intensified post-pandemic, adds to this overall slowdown. With the start of a massive spread of artificial intelligence (AI), its effects on productivity increase hopes for a new industrial revolution, despite current macro estimates appearing disappointing.

 

The recent slowdown results from long-lasting yet transitory factors linked to the financial crisis and the delay in deploying new technologies. However, particularly in the context of the clash between the COVID-19 crisis and rising energy prices, a recovery in productivity cannot be achieved without policies that facilitate the reallocation of production factors, the effective adoption of AI-related technologies, and the energy transition. Reform by European institutions appears essential to encourage companies to take more risks and implement critical measures, particularly in the digital sector.

 

If productivity does not accelerate in the next decade, major challenges will be posed to fund significant issues such as climate transition, population ageing, and financial deleveraging. It will then be difficult to respond to expectations for improvements in purchasing power, of which productivity improvements remain the only source of sustainable financing in the medium term.

Theoretical perspectives on reducing working hours: has the time to work less arrived?
Joan Sanchis i Muñoz

This article examines various economic and sociopolitical perspectives on reducing working hours in the current context. Six main approaches are analysed: the income-leisure choice of neoclassical economics, the distributive conflict of Marxist political economy, the optimization of production processes, the centrality of reproductive work in feminist economics, ecological considerations, and post-work theories. The article shows how these perspectives, often complementary but sometimes contradictory, offer a complex and multifaceted view of the issue. It concludes that the confluence of factors such as technological changes, environmental concerns and new conceptions of work is driving a renewed debate about reducing working hours, posing challenges and opportunities for transforming work organization in contemporary society.

Analysis of the evolution of the workday day in Spain
Pilar Cuadrado

The evolution of the duration of the workday is one of the determinants of the contribution of the work factor to the growth of the economy’s product. The proposal to reduce the workday without modifying the salary in a context of digitization of the economy, increased productivity, and the need to improve work-life balance has raised great interest in analysing the evolution that working hours in Spain have followed, as well as the prospects that, in the future, the moderately decreasing tendency that this variable has shown over the last four decades will continue.

 

The reduction in average2 working hours in Spain between 1987 and 2023 (from 37 to 30.9 hours per week) reflects a set of structural changes in the economy during that period, such as the increasing importance of the services sector and the rise in part-time employment. The pandemic intensified the decrease in the average workday, although it subsequently recovered before resuming a trend of gradual decline. On average, workdays are now one hour less than before the pandemic, although there are differences between sectors. Looking ahead, factors such as demographic aging, the growing significance of services, and the tendency to increase the rate of part-time work suggest that the downward trend in working hours could be prolonged.

AI, automation and human work: from the race to the agreement
Pilar Ficapal-Cusí

Automation is the process of replacing human work with machines and aims to make certain tasks in the workplace more efficient. This article reviews the effects of the link between automation and artificial intelligence (AI) on people’s work. In principle, the constant improvement of AI and its ever-wider use have favoured the automation of an increasing number of tasks, particularly non-routine tasks traditionally performed only by people. This has meant that many occupations, both low- and high-skilled, as well as many workers, are in danger of being replaced after losing the race with technology. However, a review of the effects, based on the level of skills, occupations, and workers, indicates that automation is still focused on replacing routine and low-skilled tasks and occupations. If automation and AI can boost productivity to the point where new and better jobs are created and if workers acquire the skills to interact with AI, a future of enhanced work, of agreement between people and machines, is also possible.

Artificial intelligence and employment: what do we know until now?
Raúl Ramos

The analysis of previous industrial revolutions has shown that the consequences of technological innovations on employment depend on the degree of complementarity between new technologies and workers. So far, this complementarity has clearly benefited the most qualified workers (skill-biased technological change); however, in the current context, recent developments in generative artificial intelligence could change this situation. This article aims to briefly present the current state of affairs regarding this subject based on a bibliographic review of recent academic works. The main conclusion is that the available evidence on the effects of artificial intelligence on employment does not show any significant variation in relation to previous technological changes. However, if AI-based technologies continue to develop and adapt to new tasks, we can expect their effects to be much more disruptive than in the past, although it is too early to tell. In any case, it is essential that educational systems are flexible enough to cope with these changes and respond adequately to the new needs of the labour market.

A holistic view of wellbeing: personal sovereignty, state and sustainability
Joan Miquel Gomis, Fernando Álvarez

Oikonomics, the UOC’s magazine of economics, business and society, organized a presentation event on 19 June 2024, of which we attach a video, of a very special edition such as that of its tenth anniversary. For this reason, the publication devotes a monograph to the analysis of well-being from a holistic view. A vision that, on the one hand, addresses the analysis of the current challenges posed by the welfare society, understood as a system by which the public administration guarantees citizens a set of basic social services, mainly in health, education, pensions, unemployment, housing... to improve their living conditions and promote equal opportunities for personal fulfillment. And, on the other hand, it also incorporates elements of reflection regarding personal well-being with approximations to the study of human strengths and happiness.

This monograph from Oikonomics, therefore, shows well-being as a broad concept to examine how personal sovereignty, collective well-being, welfare state, public education, health, pension system sustainability and tax awareness interact to shape citizenship quality of life. This act organized in the College of Economists addresses this analysis from three areas: personal sovereignty, the role played by the public sector in the construction of the welfare society and the sustainability of finances that allow it to be financed. Issues that raise deep questions and future challenges to identify and correct possible adjustments that need to be made to have a fair and efficient welfare state.

Moderated by the coordinator of the monograph, the professor of the Economic and Business Studies of the UOC, Fernando Alvarez, these issues are addressed by three authors of the articles that make up this special edition of Oikonomics: the professor of Economics of the Universitat de Barcelona, Alejandro Esteller; the collaborating professor of the Economic and Business Studies of the UOC, Gemma Segura and the collaborating profesor of the UOC, Laura López. To commemorate Oikonomics’ birthday, the UOC’s director, Àngels Fitó; the vice-rector, Mª Jesús Martínez, the head of the Economic and Business Studies, Xavier Baraza, and the head of Oikonomics, Joan Miquel Gomis, also participated in this presentation.

Paying or not paying taxes? Is that the issue?
Alejandro Esteller-Moré

Individuals, as selfish beings, have incentives not to voluntarily comply with the payment of taxes. This low predisposition differs between countries or, within a country, between individuals. Given the social costs of tax non-compliance, finding mechanisms that can improve this predisposition, that is, without the need for coercive mechanisms, improve “tax morale” is a key aspect for the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of our system. fiscal. In this article, these issues are discussed and various mechanisms are proposed to promote tax morale, the level of which is not necessarily well reflected in the surveys that are usually carried out on this topic.

A critical and different look at women¿s health
Esther Zaballa i Madrid

Women have been invisible in medicine because they have been absent from the subject of biomedical research until the 20th century. Until the last decade of the 20th century, women’s health had been studied and evaluated only in relation to reproductive health and pregnancy and childbirth. It was not until the 1990s that women began to be included in some scientific studies, but without considering the living and working conditions and the key psychosocial burden on health. It is important to emphasize that women are bioaccumulators of toxic substances that affect their health, that of their children and that of their grandchildren.

Promoting welfare through community living: cohousing as an example
Fernando Álvarez

In the constant search for a fuller and more satisfying life, human beings have discovered that one of the most effective ways is through community life. Community life is much more than simply inhabiting the same physical space. It involves a shared commitment to collective well-being, where each individual finds not only emotional support but also opportunities to grow and develop fully. In this article, we will explore how social interaction, collaboration and the sense of belonging to a group can significantly influence our quality of life and general happiness, focusing our attention on a particular model: cohousing.

Personal welfare dimensions: an integral approach
Gemma Segura Virella

Based on the contributions of positive psychology, the author considers that personal welfare comes from the result of mixing the responsible cultivation of our own thinking and emotional world, the relations that we maintain with other people and the meaning we endow our own life.

 

The article delivers the comprehension of all those scopes and how they contribute to the global result of personal welfare, under the premises that the responsibility of the above-mentioned welfare comes from a personal decision, and it belongs to each human being to come up with the importance of it in your own life.

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