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The effect of computer use on job quality : evidence from Europe
Salvatori, Andrea; Menon, Seetha; Zwysen, Wouter - 2018
This paper studies changes in computer use and job quality in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2015. We document that while the proportion of workers using computers has increased from 40% to more than 60% over twenty years, there remain significant differences between countries even within the same...
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Are ICT displacing workers? : evidence from seven European countries
Pantea, Smaranda; Biagi, Federico; Sabadash, Anna - 2014
This paper examines whether ICT substitute labour and reduce the demand for labour. We used firm-level comparable data separately for firms in manufacturing, services and ICT-producing sectors from seven European countries. We adopted a common methodology and applied it to a unique dataset...
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Empirical studies on the impacts of ICT usage in Europe
Falk, Martin; Biagi, Federico - 2015
This report consists of three studies. The first study presents new empirical evidence on the impact of ICT/e-commerce activities on industry performance measured as employment and labour productivity growth. The second study presents new empirical evidence on the impact of ICT/e-commerce...
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Digitalisation and productivity : in search of the holy grail : firm-level empirical evidence from EU countries
Gál, Peter; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Renault, Theodore; … - 2019
This paper assesses how the adoption of a range of digital technologies affects firm productivity. It combines cross-country firm-level data on productivity and industry-level data on digital technology adoption in an empirical framework that accounts for firm heterogeneity. The results provide...
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Job loss and COVID-19 : do remote work, automation and tasks at work matter?
Livanos, Ilias; Ravanos, Panagiotis - 2021
pandemic: the potential of a job to be carried out 'from home' and the risk of being substituted by automation. Using unique … remote working potential and more automation risk are related to larger expected losses in employment due to COVID-19 for …
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Artificial intelligence and job automation : an EU analysis using online job vacancy data
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2021
automation. This study utilises a novel big data set based on online job advertisements - Cedefop's Skills OVATE - with … detailed occupations faced with higher automation risk or those relying on alternative digital technologies (robots, computer … indicators can predict occupational automatability. Work activities associated with greater occupational automation risk and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802522
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Skill shortages and skill mismatch in Europe : a review of the literature
Brunello, Giorgio; Wruuck, Patricia; Maurin, Laurent - 2019
This paper reviews the recent economic literature on skill mismatch and skill shortages with a focus on Europe. The review starts with a conceptual overview of skill mismatch and skill shortages and how to measure them. An issue discussed in the first section is the measurement of job...
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Guidelines regarding the minimum requirements in skills and competences for coaches
Expert Group on Skills and Human Resources Development …; … - 2020
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Not so disruptive yet? : characteristics, distribution and determinants of robots in Europe
Fernández-Macías, Enrique; Klenert, David; Antón … - 2020
today do not imply a discontinuity in terms of automation and labour replacement possibilities. Instead, current robot … technology is better understood as the most recent iteration of industrial automation technologies that have existed for a very … long time. In fact, these automation technologies arguably had their biggest employment impact generations ago, partially …
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The job creation effect of R&D expenditures
Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2010
In this study we use a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 15 European countries over the period 1996-2005, for a total of 2,295 observations, and apply GMM-SYS panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology. We find that R&D...
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