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Past Event

Future of Work and Inclusive Growth Annual Conference

Annual Conference of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth project

Speakers: Erik Brynjolfsson, Arturo Franco, Carl Frey, Andrea Glorioso, Francis Green, Francis Hintermann, Ivailo Kalfin, Vladimir Kvetan, J. Scott Marcus, Anna Kwiatkiewicz-Mory, Anoush Margaryan, Julia Nania, Laura Nurski, Poon King Wang, Monika Queisser, Fabian Stephany, Niels van Weeren and Guntram B. Wolff Topic: Digital economy and innovation Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: June 7, 2022

Policy Contribution

Policies to support the self-employed in the labour markets of the future

A review of changes in the way we work and discuss the need to update worker classification exploring the rationale and options for extending protection against discrimination and harassment, and the right to collective action, to more workers, also discussing the special case of platform work.

By: Martin Gruber-Risak, Vassilis Hatzopoulos and Diane Mulcahy Topic: Inclusive growth Date: June 7, 2022

Podcast

Job quality is about more than working conditions

What is job quality and why does it matter?

By: The Sound of Economics Topic: Inclusive growth Date: May 19, 2022

Working Paper

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 lags behind workforce needs. We report on how data can enable useful foresight about skill requirements and training needs, even when that data has not been collected for this express purpose.

By: Fabian Stephany and Rosemary Luckin Topic: Inclusive growth Date: May 11, 2022

Policy Contribution

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 – like high workloads and low autonomy – and not just working conditions. Outcomes of low-quality jobs, such as burnout, need to be monitored at the European level.

By: Mia Hoffmann and Laura Nurski Topic: Inclusive growth Date: May 5, 2022

Past Event

COVID-19 and the shift to working from home: differences between the US and the EU

What changes has working from home brought on for workers and societies, and how can policy catch up?

Speakers: Jose Maria Barrero, Mamta Kapur, J. Scott Marcus and Laura Nurski Topic: Inclusive growth Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: April 28, 2022

Podcast

Making remote work, work

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

By: The Sound of Economics Topic: Inclusive growth Date: April 13, 2022

Policy Contribution

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?

By: Rebecca Christie, Monika Grzegorczyk and Diane Mulcahy Topic: Inclusive growth Date: March 24, 2022

Podcast

Online labour: Can we all just move to Tahiti?

How is online labour different from remote work?

By: The Sound of Economics Topic: Digital economy and innovation Date: March 23, 2022

Podcast

Make AI boring again

How can AI education improve workers' experience?

By: The Sound of Economics Topic: Digital economy and innovation, Inclusive growth Date: January 19, 2022

Blog Post

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.

By: Hèctor Badenes, Henry Naylor, Giuseppe Porcaro and Yuyun Zhan Topic: Banking and capital markets, Digital economy and innovation, European governance, Global economy and trade, Green economy, Inclusive growth, Macroeconomic policy Date: December 21, 2021

Working Paper

Market power and artificial intelligence work on online labour markets

In this working paper, the authors investigate three alternative but complementary indicators of market power on one of the largest online labour markets (OLMs) in Europe.

By: Néstor Duch-Brown, Estrella Gomez-Herrera, Frank Mueller-Langer and Songül Tolan Topic: Digital economy and innovation Date: December 16, 2021