variables). Besides institutional variables influencing external numerical flexibility (employment protection, unemployment …

We analyze the impact of robot adoption on employment composition using novel micro data on robot use of German … employment effects for the least routine-task intensive occupations and for young workers, the latter being better at adapting to … change. An event-study analysis for robot adoption confirms both predictions. We do not find decreasing employment for any …

The European Employment Strategy is the subject of controversial discussion. It is hard to find an economic … employment policies are almost negligible. In its latest communication, the European Commission fails to provide a masterplan for … employment policy responsibilities from the national to the EU level. But the EU labour market policy lacks appropriate …

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … further dualization of labour markets given that risks are allocated unequally across types of employment …

This paper presents – in a new way of examination and portrayal – the extent and changes of nonstandard employment … relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and self-employment) in 24 EU member states at two points of time, in 1998 and … central outcome is neither the complaint of the eroding 'standard employment relationship' nor of its potential …

the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and … market. They are also more likely to start a self-employment activity. As a consequence of this upward mobility their income … increases or stays the same in response to immigration. We find no evidence of an increased likelihood to leave employment or to …