IMT School Workshop
on Technology
and the Labour Market

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

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

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

10:00 – 11:00 KEYNOTE1

People Analytics? Algorithms at Work - Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Oxford University

11:00 – 11:15 Break

11:15 – 12:30 PRESENTATIONS

Who are the Platform Workers? Are They the 'Most Vulnerable among the Vulnerables'?
An Empirical Exploration on Italian Survey Data - Dario Guarascio, University Rome 1 "La Sapienza" (with V. Cirillo)

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

• paper and slides

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

• paper

12:30 – 12:40 Break

12:40 – 13:30 PRESENTATIONS

Towards Sustainable Work Practices to Promote Productivity and Workers' Health - Arash Ajoudani, Italian Institute of Technology

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

The Impact of Labour Regulation on Innovation - John Van Reenen, LSE and MIT (with P. Aghion and A. Bergeaud)

• paper and slides

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 – 12:30 PRESENTATIONS

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)

• paper and slides

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)

• paper

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 – 13:30 PRESENTATIONS

Can Machines Learn Creativity Needs in Different Occupations? - Sara Landi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (with G. Gnecco and M. Riccaboni)

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 – 15:20 PRESENTATIONS

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

• paper and slides

Wages, Human Capital and Screening: Searching through 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

END OF WORKSHOP

The detailed programme in .PDF can be found here.

List of Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order):

Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Oxford University

Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University

John Van Reenen, LSE and MIT

Michael Wooldridge, Oxford University and Alan Turing Institute

PRESENTATIONS (in alphabetical order):

Arash Ajoudani, Italian Institute of Technology

Sotiris Blanas, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Francesco Bossi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Marco Capasso, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education

Italo Colantone, Bocconi University

Francesco del Prato, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and KU Leuven

Dimitris Exadaktylos, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Marco Grazzi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Andrew Green, OECD Future of Work Team

Dario Guarascio, University of Rome "La Sapienza"

David Hémous, University of Zurich

Sara Landi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

For any inquiries:
Sotiris Blanas (sotirios.blanas@imtlucca.it), Massimo Riccaboni (massimo.riccaboni@imtlucca.it) and Armando Rungi (armando.rungi@imtlucca.it).

The event is supported by Artes 4.0 and the IMT School project on "Technological Change, Soft Skills and the Future of High-Skilled Jobs".