Zur Eingrenzung der Corona-Pandemie wurde die wirtschaftliche Aktivität stark heruntergefahren. Eine Ausnahme bilden dabei die sogenannten "system- oder versorgungsrelevanten" Bereiche, die durch besondere Regelungen umfassend am Laufen gehalten oder sogar ausgebaut werden. Welche Berufe jedoch...

Zur Eingrenzung der Corona-Pandemie wurde die wirtschaftliche Aktivität stark heruntergefahren. Eine Ausnahme bilden dabei die sogenannten "system- oder versorgungsrelevanten" Bereiche, die durch besondere Regelungen umfassend am Laufen gehalten oder sogar ausgebaut werden. Welche Berufe jedoch...

A fast-growing literature shows that digital technologies are displacing labor from routine tasks, raising concerns that labor is racing against the machine. We develop a task-based framework to estimate the aggregate labor demand and employment effects of routine-replacing technological change...

Youth unemployment, and unemployment, in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries are among the highest in the world. The tendency to generalize, however, is inappropriate as different groups of countries exhibit vastly different labor market outcomes and causes vary. The standard way of...

We study the impact of the minimum wage hike in Seattle from $9.47 to $13 on wagebill, labor demand, and firm revenue using administrative data from the state of Washington. We show that the minimum wage affected businesses both at the intensive and extensive margins. At the intensive margin,...

After a number of AI-winters, AI is back with a boom. There are concerns that it will disrupt society. The immediate concern is whether labor can win a 'race against the robots' and the longer-term concern is whether an artificial general intelligence (super-intelligence) can be controlled. This...

The Swedish employment rate is high in an international comparison and has been rising during recent decades. This pattern is especially pronounced among the elderly and women and reflects labour supply behaviour in these groups. The policy survey in this report suggests that the main drivers of...