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View article: Impact of robots and artificial intelligence on labor and skill demand: evidence from the UK
Impact of robots and artificial intelligence on labor and skill demand: evidence from the UK Open
Over the past four decades, automation technologies have replaced routine tasks performed by medium-skilled workers, and contributed to increased labor market polarization. With the advent of artificial intelligence, this dynamic may have …
View article: Entry and competition of retail pharmacies: A case study of OTC drugs sales and ownership deregulation
Entry and competition of retail pharmacies: A case study of OTC drugs sales and ownership deregulation Open
This study provides new empirical evidence on the changes in competition and entry decisions of pharmacies after regulatory changes. It investigates the development of the retail pharmacy market in Portugal, which underwent major regulator…
View article: Automation and Labor Demand in European Countries: A Task-based Approach to Wage Bill Decomposition
Automation and Labor Demand in European Countries: A Task-based Approach to Wage Bill Decomposition Open
To understand the effects of automation and other types of technological changes on European labor demand, we use an empirical decomposition of observed changes in the total wage bill in the economy developed by Acemoglu and Restrepo (2019…
View article: Decomposition of wage inequalities: an input-output approach
Decomposition of wage inequalities: an input-output approach Open
Income and wealth inequalities, both between and within the advanced and developing countries,haveattracted much attention in current economic debates. Wage inequalities appear to play akeyrole in the generation of final inequalities in te…
View article: Market structure and competition in transition: results from a spatial analysis
Market structure and competition in transition: results from a spatial analysis Open
The present article provides first microlevel (indirect) empirical evidence on changes in entry barriers, the determinants of firm profitability as well as the nature of competition for a transition economy. We estimate size thresholds req…
View article: Employment Growth and Labour Elasticity in V4 Countries: Structural Decomposition Analysis
Employment Growth and Labour Elasticity in V4 Countries: Structural Decomposition Analysis Open
In the present paper, we analyse the determinants of employment growth in V4 countries. While a standard approach relies on the parametric estimation of labour elasticity coefficients, we employ a novel approach based on structural decompo…
View article: Market Structure and Competition in Transition: Results from a Spatial Analysis
Market Structure and Competition in Transition: Results from a Spatial Analysis Open
The present paper provides first microlevel (indirect) empirical evidence on changes in the determinants of firm profitability, the role of fixed and sunk costs, as well as the nature of competition for a transition economy. We estimate si…