Book
07 September 2017
Remaking Europe: the new manufacturing as an engine for growth
Europe needs to know how it can realise the potential for industrial rejuvenation. How well are European firms responding to the new opportunities for
Employment
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Blog post
31 August 2017
EU posted workers: separating fact and fiction
After President Macron’s recent tour of Central and Eastern European countries, EU posted workers are getting a lot of attention. However, a major ref
Article
29 August 2017
Could revising the posted workers directive improve social conditions?
This presentation was delivered in Brussels on 31 January 2017 at a hearing of think-tanks, to advise the European Parliament on the revision of the P
Event
12 July 2017
Perspectives on Universal Basic Income
At this event, we discussed the possible benefits but also the possible disadvantages of Universal Basic Income.
Article
20 June 2017
Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth
This presentation was delivered in Brussels at the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament on 29 May 2017.
Blog post
14 June 2017
Is Greece’s labour market bouncing back?
After rapid increases in unemployment and large wage reductions, Greece’s labour market is showing signs of recovery. Certain sectors of the economy a
Blog post
05 June 2017
The Mariel Boatlift Controversy
What's at stake: how does immigration affect the wages of local workers? One way to answer this question is by exploiting a natural experiment. The Ma
Event
31 May 2017
Inclusive growth: global and European lessons for Spain
Can manufacturing still be a driver for inclusive growth around the world? What European and national policies can foster inclusive growth in Europe?
Blog post
22 May 2017
Dial N for NAIRU, or not?
What’s at stake: The concept of the NAIRU (Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment) has recently divided the minds in the economic blogosphere
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
Policy brief
26 April 2017
The global decline in the labour income share: is capital the answer to Germany’s current account surplus?
Analysing the major divergences between the three largest euro-area countries in terms of unit labour costs and current accounts, to the broader debat
Blog post
24 April 2017
The decline of the labour share of income
What’s at stake: at odds with the conventional wisdom of constant factor shares, the portion of national income accruing to labour has been trending d
Event
23 March 2017
Artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities
Rob Atkinson, the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation presented his research work on the impact of artificia
Blog post
20 March 2017
Alice in gender-gap land
What’s at stake: The International Women’s Day on 8 March drew attention to the gender gap again, both in pay and in employment. Ongoing research on t
Blog post
08 February 2017
Questionable immigration claims in the Brexit white paper
The UK government's white paper on Brexit suggested that the EU's "free movement of people" has made it impossible to control immigration. This seems
Blog post
13 January 2017
The Italian Lira: the exchange rate and employment in the ERM
In the decades before Italy joined the Euro, the Lira was devalued many times relative to the Deutschmark. Were these re-alignments accompanied by lon