Abstract

This workshop aims to provide participants with an opportunity to engage in discussions on technological
change and its impact on both the labour market and the characteristics of the labor supply and the
demand side embodied by firms’ innovation capacity. The event will offer a moment of reflection on the
state of the art in economic and sociological research on technological change and its consequences,
highlighting both areas of convergence and differences in theoretical and empirical approaches. The
workshop will feature contributions from esteemed researchers—economists and sociologists—from
leading Italian universities and research centres, who will present their studies and research agendas.
Their presentations will be followed by discussions and interventions from attendees. The invited
speakers include Valeria Cirillo (University of Bari), Wessel Vermeulen (Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development – OECD, Trento), Paolo Agnolin (Bocconi University), and Lorenzo Bernabei
(University of Trento).
In the afternoon session, a Panel Discussion will take place, focusing specifically on Wages, Productivity,
and Sustainable Development in Trentino. The panel will bring together representatives from Trento
University, the Bank of Italy, the OECD, social partners, the Autonomous Province of Trento and the
Chamber of Commerce.

MORNING SESSION - meeting room II floor: (English)

Chair: Paolo Barbieri (UniTn)
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome address
09:30 – 10:00 Wessel Vermeulen (OECD Trento) - Job Creation and Local Economic Development
10:00 – 10:30 Valeria Cirillo (Bari University) - Automation and Digitalization in Italy: Impacts on Firms,
Employment, and Wages
10:30 – 11:00 coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Paolo Agnolin (Bocconi University) - Robots replacing trade unions: novel data and
evidence from Western Europe
11:30 – 12:00 Lorenzo Bernabei (UniTn), Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli (UniTn) -
Digital technologies and labour markets: the role of institutions in moderating the relation between
digitalization and occupational structures
12:00 – 12:30 Morning conclusions - Paolo Barbieri
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break

AFTERNOON SESSION - meeting room II floor (Italiano)

14:00 – 16:00 Panel Discussion. Salari, produttività e sviluppo sostenibile in Trentino
Participants:
Andrea Fracasso (Vice-Rector for Planning and Resources, UniTn); Michele Cascarano and Francesca Modena (Banca d’Italia Trento); Carlo Menon (OECD Trento); Alessandro Santini (Confindustria Trento), Andrea Grosselli (CGIL Trento), Stefania Terlizzi (Head of the Trento Employment office); Paolo Barbieri (UniTn); Matteo Degasperi (Head of Research Unit - Chamber of Commerce, Trento)