Book
09 July 2019
Digitalisation and European welfare states
EU policymakers must find answers to pressing questions: if technology has a negative impact on labour income, how will the welfare state be funded? H
Artificial intelligence
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External publication
06 June 2019
Liability: When Things Go Wrong in an Increasingly Interconnected and Autonomous World: A European View
In the following article, Scott Marcus first considers the sources of potential defects and what might be done to redress them. He then goes on to con
Blog post
21 December 2018
Ethics and artificial intelligence
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) systems are rapidly being adopted across the economy and society. Early excitement about the benefit
Blog post
29 November 2018
Machine learning and economics
Machine learning (ML), together with artificial intelligence (AI), is a hot topic. Economists have been looking into machine learning applications not
External publication
31 July 2018
The impact of artificial intelligence on employment
Technological development, and in particular digitalisation, has major implications for labour markets. Assessing its impact will be crucial for devel
Blog post
15 June 2018
Robots, ICT and EU employment
Disruptive technologies based on ICT, robots, and artificial intelligence have transformed labour markets through their important effects on employmen
Podcast
29 May 2018
Robots: Positive or negative for EU employment?
Bruegel research fellow Georgios Petropoulos features in this episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’ to discuss a study he has co-authored on the impact
Working paper
18 April 2018
The impact of industrial robots on EU employment and wages: A local labour market approach
In theory, robots can directly displace workers from performing specific tasks (displacement effect). But they can also expand labour demand through t
Event
18 April 2018
Robots and artificial intelligence: The next frontier for employment and EU economic policy
This event looked at the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on employment, wages and EU economic policy.
Policy brief
12 April 2018
Are European firms falling behind in the global corporate research race?
The author looks at how concentrated corporate R&D is in Europe, compared with sales and employment. The US and China are more likely to produce new R
Blog post
20 December 2017
The growing presence of robots in EU industries
While it is always tempting to try to predict future patterns in the automation of European industries, it is also insightful to assess key dimensions
Blog post
04 December 2017
The Bitcoin Bubble
The price of bitcoin has just passed $11,000. A year ago it was worth less than $800. Economists and commentators are thus increasingly concerned that
Blog post
27 April 2017
Do we understand the impact of artificial intelligence on employment?
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the world of work, but the future is hard to predict. Some see most jobs at risk of automatisation, wh
Blog post
06 April 2017
Machines that learn to do, and do to learn: What is artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence is much talked about, but what exactly is it? Georgios Petropoulos explores the origins, methods and potential of machine lear
Podcast
06 April 2017
A glance into the future — how will AI change our lives?
Technological advancement is moving us towards the artificial intelligence era. How different will our lives be in this new era? How will AI change th