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Workshop on Technology and the Labour Market

17 December 2020 to 18 December 2020

ORGANIZERS
Sotiris Blanas, Massimo Riccaboni, Armando Rungi
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

All timings are in Central European Time
Keynotes: 50 minutes talk + 10 minutes discussion
Presentations: 20 minutes talk + 5 minutes discussion

PROGRAM

DAY 1 – Thursday, 17 December 2020
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/kcc-rucu-pme

09:55 – 10:00 Introduction
Pietro Pietrini, Director of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE 1 
People Analytics? Algorithms at Work
Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Oxford University

11:00 – 11:15 BREAK

11:15 – 11:40
What is the Platform Economy? Taxonomies, Theory and Empirical Evidence
Dario Guarascio, University Rome 1 "La Sapienza" (with F. Bogliacino, C. Codagnone and V. Cirillo)

11:40 – 12:05
The Distinct Effects of Information Technologies and Communication Technologies on the Age-Skill Composition of Labour Demand
Sotiris Blanas, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

12:05 – 12:30
We Were the Robots: Automation and Voting Behaviour in Western Europe
Italo Colantone, Bocconi University (with M. Anelli and P. Stanig)

12:30 – 12:40 BREAK

12:40 – 13:05
Towards Sustainable Work Practices to Promote Productivity and Workers' Health
Arash Ajoudani, Italian Institute of Technology

13:05 – 13:30
The Changing World of Work: Automation, the Demand for Skills, and Labour Market Policy
Andrew Green, OECD Future of Work Team

13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30 – 15:30
KEYNOTE 2
Technology and the Labour Market
John Van Reenen, LSE and MIT

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DAY 2 – Friday, 18 December 2020
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/jcz-rgpz-esh

10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE 3
Automation, Globalization and Vanishing Jobs: A Labour Market Sorting View
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University (with E. Faia, S. Laffitte and M. Mayer)

11:00 – 11:15 BREAK

11:15 – 11:40
Visualizing the Evolving Fit of Education and Economy: The Case of ICT Education in Norway
Marco Capasso, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (with M. Spjelkavik Mark)

11:40 – 12:05
For Whom the Bell Tolls: the Effects of Automation on Wage and Gender Inequality within Firms
Marco Grazzi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (with G. Domini, D. Moschella and T. Treibich)

12:05 – 12:30
Automating Labor: Evidence from Firm-level Patent Data
David Hémous, University of Zurich (with A. Dechezleprêtre, M. Olsen and C. Zanella)

12:30 – 12:40 BREAK

12:40 – 13:05
Can Machines Learn Creativity Needs in Different Occupations?
Sara Landi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (with G. Gnecco and M. Riccaboni)

13:05 – 13:30
How Does Innovation Stimulate Performance of Global ICT Producers in the Competitive Digital Market?
Dimitris Exadaktylos, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (with M. Ghodsi)

13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30 – 14:55
The Role of Social Robotics in Modern Society: General Considerations and Neuroscientific Findings
Francesco Bossi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

14:55 – 15:20
Wages, Human Capital and Learning: the Case of the 'Hub Firms'
Francesco Del Prato, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and KU Leuven

15:20 – 15:30 BREAK

15:30 – 16:30
KEYNOTE 4
The Road to Conscious Machines: The Current State of AI and Prospects for Progress
Michael Wooldridge, Oxford University and Alan Turing Institute