Working papers
2024:
- 2024-07 A Critical Review of the Digital and Green Twin Transitions. Implications, synergies and trade-offs by Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente
- 2024-06 Occupational earning potential: A new measure of social hierarchy applied to Europe by Daniel Oesch; Oliver Lipps; Roujman Shahbazian; Erik Bihagen; Katy Morris
- 2024-05 In search of the twin transition: the limited performativity of the « green and digital » transitions in the European automotive industry by Juan Sebastian Carbonell;
- 2024-04 The Working Times They Are A-Changing: Trends in Six EU countries (1992-2022) by Torrejon Perez Sergio; Fernandez Macias Enrique; Gonzalez Vasquez Ignacio; Marques Perales Ildefonso
- 2024-03 Digitalisation and workers wellbeing: The impact of digital technologies on work-related psychosocial risks by Ignacio Gonzalez Vazquez, Maurizio Curtarelli, Ioannis Anyfantis, Emmanuelle Brun, and Annick Starren;
- 2024-02 Telework by region and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic: An occupational analysis by Matteo Sostero & Marina Bisello & Enrique Fernandez Macias
- 2024-01 The role of between- and within-occupation differences in wage inequality trends in Europe (2002-2018) by Guillermo Orfao e Vale Tabernero & Enrique Fernandez Macias & Miguel Angel Malo
2023:
- 2023-09 Employment shifts and the debate on job polarization in Latin America: the cases of Argentina, Chile and Mexico by Roxana Maurizio & Ana Paula Monsalvo & Sol Catania & Silvana Martínez
- 2023-08 Structural Changes in Canadian Employment from 1997 to 2022 by Michael Willcox & Brittany Feor
- 2023-07 Job Polarization in the United States in the 21st Century: Studying Shifts in Employment Structures Using Occupations and Sectors by Rachel E. Dwyer
- 2023-06 Structural changes in the employment structure of India in 2012-2020: job upgrading or polarization? by Sudipa Sarkar & Sergio Torrejón Pérez
- 2023-05 Employment shifts in Europe from 1997 to 2021: from job upgrading to polarisation by Sergio Torrejón Pérez & John Hurley & Enrique Fernández-Macías & Elisa Staffa
- 2023-04 Feminization, ageing and occupational change in Europe in the last 25 years by Álvaro Mariscal-De-Gante & Amaia Palencia Esteban & Sara Grubanov-Boskovic & Enrique Fernández-Macías
- 2023-03 Shifts in the Composition of Jobs: The Case of Russia (2000-2019) by Vladimir Gimpelson & Rostislav Kapeliushnikov
- 2023-02 Structural Changes in South Korea Employment (2000–2021) (europa.eu) by Minki Hong
- 2023-01 Structural Changes in Brazilian Employment (2002-2021) by Rodrigo Rodrigues-Silveira
2022:
- 2022-07 Digital skills for all? From computer literacy to AI skills in online job advertisements by Matteo Sostero, Songül Tolan
- 2022-06 Job descriptions, from conception to recruitment: A qualitative review of hiring processes by Kimberly Seung Goulart, Jorge Rodríguez-Menés, Josep Maria Caroz Armayones
- 2022-05 How digital technology is reshaping the art of management by Cesira Urzì Brancati, Maurizio Curtarelli, Sara Riso, Sara Baiocco
- 2022-04 The outsourcing wage penalty along the wage distribution by gender by Marta Fana, Luca Giangregorio, Davide Villani
- 2022-03 Regional heterogeneity in occupational change: Using Census data to investigate employment polarisation and upgrading at NUTS-3 level by Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Marta Fana & Enrique Fernández-Macías
- 2022-02: The Algorithmic Management of Work and its Implications in Different Contexts by Sara Baiocco, Enrique Fernández-Macías, Uma Rani & Annarosa Pesole
- 2022-01: Changing Social Investment Strategies in the EU by Sara Baiocco, Cinzia Alcidi, Francesco Corti, Mattia Di Salvo.
2021:
- 2021-16: Automation and its Employment Effects: A Literature Review of Automotive and Garment Sectors by Guendalina Anzolin
- 2021-15: For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Firm-Level Effects of Automation on Wage and Gender Inequality by Giacomo Domini, Marco Grazzi, Daniele Moschella, Tania Treibich
- 2021-14: Routine-biased technical change can fail: Evidence from France by Fana Marta & Luca Giangregorio
- 2021-13: The Professional Lens: What Online Job Advertisements Can Say About Occupational Task Profiles by Matteo Sostero & Enrique Fernández-Macías.
- 2021-12: Digital tools for worker management and psycho-social risks in the workplace: evidence from the ESENER survey by Cesira Urzi Brancati & Maurizio Curtarelli
- 2021-11: The structure of the labour market and wage inequality using RIF-OLS: the Italian case by Luca Giangregorio & Fana Marta
- 2021-10: The impact of IoT and 3D printing on job quality and work organisation: a snapshot from Spain by Rafael Grande & Alberto Vallejo-Peña & Cesira Urzi Brancati
- 2021-09: Non-cognitive skills and other related concepts: towards a better understanding of similarities and differences by Maria Cinque & Stephanie Carretero & Joanna Napierala
- 2021-08: Mismatch unemployment in Austria: The role of regional labour markets for skills by René Böheim & Michael Christl
- 2021-07: Algorithmic Management: Consequences for Work Organisation and Working Conditions by Alex J. Wood
- 2021-06: The Returns to Non-Cognitive Skills: A Meta-Analysis by Sofie Cabus & Joanna Napierala & Stephanie Carretero
- 2021-05: Does robotization affect job quality? Evidence from European regional labour markets by José Ignacio Antón, & Enrique Fernández-Macías & Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
- 2021-04: A comprehensive European database of tasks indices for socio-economic research by Martina Bisello, Marta Fana, Enrique Fernández-Macías & Sergio Torrejón Pérez
- 2021-03: Mind the task: evidence on persistent gender gaps at the workplace by Marta Fana & Davide Villani & Martina Bisello
- 2021-02: A unified conceptual framework of tasks, skills and competences by Margarida Rodrigues & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Matteo Sostero
- 2021-01: The Automotive Supply Chain in Europe: An Input-Output Analysis of Value Added and Employment Composition by Marta Fana & Davide Villani
2020:
- 2020-14: Automation and Robots in Services: Review of Data and Taxonomy by Matteo Sostero
- 2020-13: A Comparative national tasks database by Marta Fana & Valeria Cirillo & Dario Guarascio & Matteo Tubiana
- 2020-12: Productive integration, economic recession and employment in Europe: an assessment based on vertically integrated sectors by Davide Villani & Marta Fana
- 2020-11: Telework, work organisation and job quality during the COVID-19 crisis: a qualitative study by Marta Fana & Santo Milasi & Joanna Napierala & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Ignacio Gonzalez Vazquez
- 2020-10: Impact of the Covid-19 confinement measures on telework in Italy - A qualitative survey by Angelo Moro
- 2020-09: Impact of the Covid-19 confinement measures on telework in France - A qualitative survey by Francesco Sabato Massimo
- 2020-08: Impact of the Covid-19 confinement measures on telework in Spain - A qualitative survey by Antonio Corral & Iñigo Isusi
- 2020-07: ICT specialists in employment. Methodological note by Montserrat Lopez Cobo & Ibrahim K. Rohman & Giuditta De Prato & Melisande Cardona & Riccardo Righi & Sofia Samoili & Miguel Vazquez-Prada Baillet
- 2020-06: The labour market impact of robotisation in Europe by Jose-Ignacio Anton & David Klenert & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Maria Cesira Urzi Brancati & Georgios Alaveras
- 2020-05: Teleworkability and the COVID-19 crisis: a new digital divide? by Matteo Sostero & Santo Milasi & John Hurley & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Martina Bisello
- 2020-04: A Taxonomy of Tasks for Assessing the Impact of New Technologies on Work by Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Martina Bisello
- 2020-03: Not so disruptive yet? Characteristics, distribution and determinants of robots in Europe by Enrique Fernandez-Macias & David Klenert & Jose-Ignacio Anton
- 2020-02: Measuring the Occupational Impact of AI: Tasks, Cognitive Abilities and AI Benchmarks by Songül Tolan & Annarosa Pesole & Fernando Martínez-Plumed & Enrique Fernández-Macías & José Hernández-Orallo & Emilia Gómez
- 2020-01: Do robots really destroy jobs? Evidence from Europe by David Klenert & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Jose-Ignacio Anton
2019:
- 2019-08: The impact of robots on labour productivity: A panel data approach covering 9 industries and 12 countries by Andre Jungmittag & Annarosa Pesole
- 2019-07: Future developments in Vocational Education and Training in Europe by Jorg Markowitsch & Günter Hefler
- 2019-06: Education as self-fulfilment and self-satisfaction by Vicky Donlevy & Barry van Driel & Cecile Hoareau McGrath
- 2019-05: The Digitalisation of Future Work and Employment. Possible impact and policy responses by Chris Warhurst & Wil Hunt
- 2019-04: Key challenges for the European Welfare States by Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente
- 2019-03: The Impact of Technological Innovation on the Future of Work by Maarten Goos & Melanie Arntz & Ulrich Zierahn & Terry Gregory & Stephanie Carretero Gomez & Ignacio Gonzalez Vazquez & Koen Jonkers
- 2019-02: How computerisation is transforming jobs: Evidence from the European Working Conditions Survey by Martina Bisello & Eleonora Peruffo & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Riccardo Rinaldi
- 2019-01: How to quantify what is not seen? Two proposals for measuring platform work by Annarosa Pesole & Enrique Fernandez-Macias & Cesira Urzi Brancati & Estrella Gomez Herrera
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