DIGCLASS International Workshop: Social Class Analysis in the Digital Age - New Approaches and Perspectives

Programme

1. 4 Dec 2023, 10:30 - 17:45 (CET)

   Day 1
2. 10:30 - 11:00 (CET)

   Registration (JRC Reception) & Coffee (JRC patio)
3. 11:00 - 11:05 (CET)

   Opening Address

   • Asunción Fernández-Carretero (JRC, Head of Unit B6: Industrial Strategy, Skills and Technology Transfer)
4. 11:05 - 11:35 (CET)

   Keynote

   • José Fernández-Albertos (CSIC & DG Social Security Planning, Spanish Government): Digital transition, and the supply and demand for redistribution
5. 11:35 - 13:00 (CET)

   Session 1: CLASS MEASUREMENT

   Chair: Marta Fana (JRC)

   Speakers:

   • Roujman Shahbazian (Stockholm University): Later and less? New Evidence on Occupational Maturity for Swedish Women and Men
   • Karin Kristensson (Uppsala University): What is social class? A machine learning approach
   • Antao Li (Fudan University): A Socio-Economic Index of Occupational Status Based on Online Job Advertisement Data
6. 13:00 - 14:10 (CET)

   Lunch Break (JRC patio)
7. 14:10 - 15:35 (CET)

   Session 2: CLASS INEQUALITY

   Chair: Carlos Gil (JRC, DIGCLASS)

   Speakers:

   • Edvin Syk (Stockholm University): Class Stratification: Evidence from a Century of Swedish History
   • Naht An Trinh (University of Oxford): Social Class and Earnings Growth over the Life Course
   • Guillem Vidal (JRC, DIGCLASS): Wealth Inequality and Stratification by Social Classes in Europe
8. 15:35 - 15:50 (CET)

   Coffee Break (JRC patio)
9. 15:50 - 17:40 (CET)

   Session 3: INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS

   Chair: Alicia de Quinto (JRC, DIGCLASS)

   Speakers:

   • Ginevra Floridi (University of Edinburgh): Income inequality and socio-economic divides in parental transfers to young adults
   • Marta Facchini (Sciences Po): How does parents' employment uncertainty affect children’s early skills development? Patterns and mechanisms in France
   • Pablo Gracia (Trinity College Dublin): The Heterogeneous Impact of Broadband Internet Expansion on Adolescent Educational Outcomes: New Evidence by Intersecting Social Class, Gender, and Migrant Status
   • Mar Cañizares-Espadafor (UNED): The intergenerational effect of educational expansion: New evidence from a natural experiment using the Spanish 1970 education reform
10. 5 Dec 2023, 10:00 - 17:45 (CET)

    Day 2
11. 10:00 - 11:25 (CET)

    Session 4: TECHNOLOGY & LABOUR MARKET INEQUALITY

    Chair: Davide Villani (JRC, DIGCLASS)

    Speakers:

    • Katy Morris (Université de Lausanne): Uneven Shifts: The Geography of Occupational Change in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom 1992 - 2018
    • Leon Küstermann (European University Institute): Managers of change: How firms shape whether modernization leads to polarization
    • Jelena Reljic (Sapienza University of Rome): The effects of robotization on individuals’ working histories: evidence from Italy
12. 11:25 - 11:40 (CET)

    Coffee Break (JRC patio)
13. 11:40 - 13:05 (CET)

    Session 5: TECHNOLOGY & POLITICS

    Chair: José Fernández-Albertos (CSIC & DG Social Security Planning, Spanish Government)

    Speakers:

    • Álvaro Canalejo-Molero (University of Lucerne): The political conflict potential of digitalization
    • Fabian Kalleitner (Hertie School): Robots, migrants, and offshoring. How perceptions of labour market risks explain policy preferences
    • Paolo Agnolin (Bocconi University): Robots Replacing Trade Unions: Novel Data and Evidence from Western Europe
14. 13:05 - 14:15 (CET)

    Lunch Break (JRC patio)
15. 14:15 - 15:40 (CET)

    Session 6: POLICY RESPONSES

    Chair: Leire Salazar (JRC, DIGCLASS Lead Scientist)

    Speakers:

    • Reto Bürgisser (University of Zurich): Can Government Policies Moderate Political Backlash to Structural Economic Change?
    • Marius Busemeyer (University of Konstanz): Digitalization and the Green Transition: Different Challenges, Same Social Policy Responses?
    • Emma Rose Álvarez-Cronin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Social protection and in work poverty in Spain: Simulating different income guarantee schemes to fill in the gaps
16. 15:40 - 15:55 (CET)

    Coffee Break (JRC patio)
17. 15:55 - 17:20 (CET)

    Session 7: POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR

    Chair: Guillem Vidal (JRC, DIGCLASS)

    Speakers:

    • Delia Zollinger (University of Zurich): Upward mobility, gender, and progressive politics
    • Giuseppe Ciccolini (University of Milan and EUI): The Intergenerational Foundations of Class Voting: Social Mobility and Electoral Choice in Western Europe
    • Berta Caihuelas-Navajas (Carlos III University, Madrid): Exploring the effects of macro-economic factors on the class gap in turnout
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19. 17:20 - 17:35 (CET)

    Closing Address

    • Leire Salazar (JRC, DIGCLASS Lead Scientist)

Practical information

Description

DIGCLASS is a project born out of increasing concern in Europe about the implications of the digital revolution for social inequalities and democratic processes. The project aims to understand better how digital technologies alter the mechanisms that generate inequalities in the distribution of resources and life chances, which is crucial for social policies to respond to the challenges of the digital revolution.

Visit the DIGCLASS website to learn more about DIGCLASS, and drop us a line at jrc-cas-digclassec [dot] europa [dot] eu (jrc-cas-digclass[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) to stay tuned with our activities.