This Policy Brief explores the intertwined effects of trade and technological change (notably robotics and AI) on employment, highlighting a growing divergence between the number of jobs supported by exports and the declining labour intensity of exports in recent years. The decline in labour...

This Policy Brief explores the intertwined effects of trade and technological change (notably robotics and AI) on employment, highlighting a growing divergence between the number of jobs supported by exports and the declining labour intensity of exports in recent years. The decline in labour...

The expansion of teleworking and the digital transition movement have given companies and workers great flexibility, albeit with significant organisational consequences. The recent COVID-19 pandemic further reinforced the scale of this impact. Thus, the current research aims to understand...

In diesem Beitrag geht es um eine Betrachtung der Arbeitssituation, insbesondere der Arbeitsanforderungen und Ressourcen, von Basisarbeitenden. Dabei wird differenziert zwischen Basisarbeitenden, die immer oder häufig Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) im Arbeitsalltag nutzen...

This article makes an analytical critique of the position of Basu, Haas, and Moraitis, who, by extending the conventional linear system for the simultaneous determination of value, argue that in Marx's economic theory the intensification of work generates absolute surplus value and is not...

Using an extensive firm-level database that combines balance sheet information, social security registry and customs data, we examine whether the relationship between the exchange rate and exports change with the degree of labor-intensity of production. The results based on manufacturing firms...