IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12293

Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33 (2), 3 - 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12292

The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

published in: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2020, 13 (1), 25 - 35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12275

Digital Waste? Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology

Petri Böckerman, Mika Kortelainen, Liisa Laine, Mikko Nurminen, Tanja Saxell

published as 'Information Technology, Improved Access, and Use of Prescription Drugs' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (1), 396 - 430

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12218

The Race against the Robots and the Fallacy of the Giant Cheesecake: Immediate and Imagined Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

Wim Naudé

published as 'Artificial intelligence: neither Utopian nor apocalyptic impacts soon' in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2021, 30 (1), 1-23.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12141

The Past and Future of Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ready for Industry 4.0?

Wim Naudé, Aleksander Surdej, Martin Cameron

published as 'Ready for Industry 4.0? The Case of Central and Eastern Europe' in: Mohammad Dastbaz, Peter Cochrane (eds.), Industry 4.0 and Engineering for the Future, Springer International, 2019, 153-175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12005

Artificial Intelligence, Jobs, Inequality and Productivity: Does Aggregate Demand Matter?

Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11941

Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs: A New Narrative for African Manufacturing

Wim Naudé

published in: Journal of International Affairs, 2019, 72 (1), 143 - 158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11937

Strategic Fertility Behaviour, Early Childhood Human Capital Investments and Gender Roles in Albania

Louise Grogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11845

Information Provision and Streamlined Medical Service: Evidence from a Mobile Appointment App

Changcheng Song, Nan Yang, Junjian Yi, Ye Yuan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11829

Determinants of Automation Risk in the EU Labour Market: A Skills-Needs Approach

Konstantinos Pouliakas

published as 'Risks posed by automation to the European Labour Market ' in: Hogarth, T. (ed) Economy, employment and skills: European, regional and global perspectives in an age of uncertainty, Rome, 2018, 45 - 74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11801

Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-Immigrants

N. T. Khuong Truong, Arthur Sweetman

published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2018, 44 (S1), S91 - S112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11737

The Race for an Artificial General Intelligence: Implications for Public Policy

Wim Naudé, Nicola Dimitri

published in: AI & Society, 2020, 35, 367–379

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11555

Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany

Nicole Gürtzgen, André Nolte, Laura Pohlan, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 132, 103657