Inequality

A gender perspective on artificial intelligence and jobs: The vicious cycle of digital inequality

How do gender stereotypes and gendered work segregation, and digitalisation and automation, result in a vicious cycle of digital gender inequality?

The European Renewal: Making the most of pandemic recovery

COVID-19 remains dangerous, but if Europe can continue its unprecedented fiscal co-operation the crisis could give way to a new era of prosperity.

Closing the gender gap for self-employed women in the European Union

Self-employed women are at a wealth disadvantage, according to ECB household finance data, and thus have more to gain from policies that spur saving.

An individual tax on fuel consumption is an effective, flexible and sustainable solution to combat inflation

Can working solo be good for entrepreneurs?

The self-employed are a diverse group, but they can help us better understand the drivers of well-being at work and help design better policies.

Job quality is about more than working conditions

What is job quality and why does it matter?

Is the workforce ready for the jobs of the future? Data-informed skills and training foresight

For many newly emerging jobs, labour-market mismatches prevail as workers and firms are unable to apply precise occupation taxonomies and training lag

Bruegel annual report 2021

The Bruegel annual report provides a broad overview of the organisation's work in the previous year.

Beating burnout: identifying bad jobs and improving job quality

To improve wellbeing at work, job quality policy should pay more attention to imbalances in job content and the social environment at work.

Making remote work, work

How do we address the challenges of remote work? Lessons from both sides of the Atlantic.

Better pensions for the European Union’s self-employed

What is the current state of pensions policy in Europe and how are independent workers treated compared with their traditionally employed counterparts

China's human capital problem

How are industrialisation and automation affecting Chinese workers?

Who is suffering most from rising inflation?

The lowest income households are suffering disproportionally from the current inflation increase, with rising energy prices the main culprit.

Make AI boring again

How can AI education improve workers' experience?

12 Charts for 21

A selection of charts from Bruegel’s weekly newsletter, analysis of the year and what it meant for the economy in Europe and the world.