Veranstaltung
ILTSS: Terry Gregory: "Firm-level Technology Adoption in Times of Crisis"
14.11.2024
14.11.2024, 11:00-12:00 Uhr, online
Das DIFIS Forschungsfeld 2 „Herausforderungen der modernen Arbeitswelt“ lädt herzlich zur Teilnahme an der zweiten Veranstaltung der Interdisziplinären Online-Seminarreihe „New World of Work? – Drivers of the Sectoral Economic Transformation & Implications for Social Policies” ein:
Seminar 2:
Firm-level Technology Adoption in Times of Crisis
Dr. Terry Gregory | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg
Abstract of the Seminar Session:
This study investigates how crises affect firms' adoption of frontier technologies using the Covid-19 pandemic as a case study. The analysis tracks the nature, timing, and pandemic-related motivations of investments among German firms, using longitudinal survey data linked with administrative worker--firm records. We find clear evidence for a shift toward remote work technologies that helped firms mitigate negative employment effects. Overall, however, the pandemic slowed down the diffusion of new technologies. This procyclical pattern of technology adoption is particularly striking since the pandemic created strong incentives to experiment with new technologies.
For further information see here.
Authors Bio and Affiliation:
Terry Gregory is a research associate in the Labour Market department at LISER in Luxembourg, where he also coordinates the Centre of Competence for Data Science and Simulation. In addition, he is a senior researcher at ZEW in Mannheim and a research fellow at IZA in Bonn. His research explores the effects of automation and digitalization on labor markets and includes causal evaluations of public policies, leveraging data science and machine learning with big data. Previously, he led the Digital Transformation Research Group at IZA and worked as a data scientist in REWE Group’s Analytics division.
For details see here.
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Das Organisationsteam
Dr. Martin Dietz, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Martin Brussig, Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ), Universität Duisburg-Essen
Prof. Dr. Werner Eichhorst, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Universität Bonn
Jenny Hahs, Deutsches Institut für Interdisziplinäre Sozialpolitikforschung (DIFIS), Universität Duisburg-Essen
Martin Buchner, Deutsches Institut für Interdisziplinäre Sozialpolitikforschung (DIFIS), Universität Duisburg-Essen
