What do vaccination passports mean for Europe?
The sudden reappearance of national borders within the European Union because of travel restrictions, self-quarantine and test requirements – all differing depending on the country – has underlined...
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Regulating big tech: the Digital Markets Act
Digital market forces drive huge efficiency gains. But they also create winner-take-all dynamics that can, left unchecked, lead to monopolistic markets and hurt consumers in the long-run. Slow-moving...
View ArticleFair vaccine access is a goal Europe cannot afford to miss
Europe has so far been slow to vaccinate its people against the coronavirus, lagging far behind the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel. Slowness in the rollout of the vaccination campaign is...
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We need more bias in artificial intelligence
This opinion piece was originally published Il Sole 24 Ore. The Muller-Lyer optical illusion consists of two lines of equal length that differ only in the direction of arrowheads at either end. Yet,...
View ArticleBlending the physical and virtual: a hybrid model for the future of work
Executive summary With the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, countries are beginning to imagine a future in which workers’ and employers’ choices are not conditioned by the pandemic. The crisis hit...
View ArticleFair vaccine access is a goal Europe cannot afford to miss – July update
This is an update to the blog published in March 2021. In a March 2021 blog post, we looked at those countries that were ahead in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. We observed that income inequality...
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For remote work to work, new ground rules are needed
This piece is forthcoming in Il Sole 24 Ore and El Economista. With all its tragic burden, the pandemic has also been a unique experiment that has challenged accepted norms. Before the pandemic, 85%...
View ArticleBiometric technologies at work: a proposed use-based taxonomy
This Policy Contribution was produced within the project ‘Future of Work and Inclusive Growth in Europe’, with the financial support of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth Biometric...
View ArticleAn inclusive European Union must boost gig workers’ rights
Approximately 24 million people in the European Union are estimated to have provided platform services (as of 2018; the market has high growth prospects). Most of them provide low-skilled, on-location...
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Which platforms will be caught by the Digital Markets Act? The ‘gatekeeper’...
The European Union Digital Markets Act (DMA), proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 to regulate the ‘gatekeepers’ of the digital world, is making progress towards finalisation. The law,...
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