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Automation and income inequality in Europe
Doorley, Karina; Gromadzki, Jan; Lewandowski, Piotr; … - 2024
We study the effects of robot penetration on household income inequality in 14 European countries between 2006-2018, a period of rapid adoption of industrial robots. Automation reduced relative hourly wages and employment of more exposed demographic groups, similarly to the results for the US....
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The impact of robots on labour market transitions in Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle; Lewandowski, Piotr; … - 2022
We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries. Overall, we find small negative effects on job separations and small positive effects on job findings. Labour costs are shown to be a major driver of cross-country differences: in countries with lower labour costs,...
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Occupational mismatch of immigrants in Europe : the role of education and cognitive skills
Cim, Merve; Kind, Michael Sebastian; Kleibrink, Jan - 2017
Occupational mismatch is a wide-spread phenomenon among immigrants in many European countries. Mismatch, predominantly measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect comparability of international educational degrees...
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The gender gap in STEM : (female) teenagers' ICT skills and subsequent career paths
Hertweck, Friederike; Lehner, Judith - 2023
Skills shortage in the fields of Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) poses a significant challenge for industries globally. This study examines the interrelationship between high school students’ gender, their proficiency in Information and Communication Technology (ICT),...
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The impact of robots on labour market transitions in Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle; Lewandowski, Piotr; … - 2022
We study the effects of robot exposure on worker flows in 16 European countries. Overall, we find small negative effects on job separations and small positive effects on job findings. Labour costs are shown to be a major driver of cross-country differences: the effects of robot exposure are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198379
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European funds and firm performance : evidence from a natural experiment
Gabriel, José Mesquita; Santos, João Pereira dos; … - 2022
Expanding regional eligibility in the access to grants can have important consequences for the performance of firms. We examine a quasi-natural experiment that consisted of a redrawing of administrative areas intended to increase accessibility to European Union (EU) funds using a rich...
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of European innovation : an exploratory approach via multivariate functional data cluster analysis
Rhoden, Imke; Weller, Daniel; Voit, Ann-Katrin - 2021
We apply a functional data approach for mixture model-based multivariate innovation clustering to identify different … regional innovation portfolios in Europe. Innovation concentration is considered as pattern of specialization among innovation … types. We examine patent registration data and combine them with other innovation and economic data across 225 regions, 13 …
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