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Digital Transformation and Labour: Locating Continuity and Change

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  • Anirban Dasgupta

    (IIIT-Hyderabad)

  • Radhika Krishnan

    (IIIT-Hyderabad)

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This paper is a short intervention in locating the concerns about labour in the present phase of digital transformation within the longer history of technological change. It engages with some key analytical frameworks in technology studies and development economics to identify the continuities in the present digital revolution with previous moments of equivalent technological change. It also highlights some crucial differences with the current digital turn. Finally, the paper uses available data and information to deliberate on the possible impact of the ongoing digital transformation on the employment question and the nature of work in India.

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  • Anirban Dasgupta & Radhika Krishnan, 2025. "Digital Transformation and Labour: Locating Continuity and Change," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 68(2), pages 647-664, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijlaec:v:68:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s41027-024-00535-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s41027-024-00535-z
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