Among the diverse impacts of digital technologies, one of the most significant concerns their repercussions on the evolution of payment systems. Consequently, the methods by which value is stored, recorded, and transferred, as well as the manner in which transactions are conducted, areundergoing...

This paper investigates the impact of digitalization and AI on wage inequality both between and within task-based groups of workers across Italian provinces. We contribute along two aspects: building a novel vertical categorization of occupational task dimensions designed to capture the distinct...

Employees were required to adopt new working methods within a very short time frame during the COVID-19 period through digitalization. While digitalization has been largely perceived as an enabler during the pandemic, its impact on employee health and well-being remains complex and...

This study examines how digitalization and institutional quality jointly influence the size and dynamics of the shadow economy across EU member states. It adopts an integrated framework in which digital capacity is treated as an operational extension of state capacity that can either complement...