디지털 전환 시대 적극적 노동시장정책 재편 방안

This paper aims to address major challenges that active labor market policies confront in the era of digital transformation. Digital transformation, epitomized by the utilization of digital technologies and expansion of platform economy is accelerating labor market dualism and inequality on the one hand, while it is expected to bring about innovation owing to the emergence of new promising tasks and technology convergence. Digital transformation may further invoke decoupling of labor income share from productivity growth by means of both between-firm and between firm dynamics as well as structural and policy relevant factors. It also is likely to widen inequality in human capital investment with respect to active labor market and job training measures. Given that labor market policy is still tilted towards direct job creation schemes rather than employment services or job training, active labor market policy has room to move towards a new skills formation regime. However, policy effects are found in the area of firm-customized digital training, which cast light on directions for ALMP to pursue in the future. Finally, this paper is set to place skills policy as a bridge between social policies and labor market policies.