European Workshop

The Economics of AI and Automation

CefES International Workshop

Friday 25 October - University of Milano-Bicocca, Building U6, Aula Martini (Floor -1)

Workshop description

The workshop will be an opportunity for economists to share their most recent findings on the causes and consequences of the development and adoption of AI and Automation technologies. The workshop will include a hybrid panel session bringing world-class scholars to discuss their views on the topic, with confirmed presentations by Daron Acemoglu (MIT and CEPR, 2024 Nobel Laureate) and Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, LSE, INSEAD and CEPR).

In recent years, the rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation technologies have brought about significant transformations reshaping economies, industries, and labor markets worldwide. We invite scholars to submit original research papers on the Economics of AI and Automation.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  1. Implications of AI and Automation for labor markets;
  2. Causes and consequences of AI and Automation at the firm, industry and country level;
  3. The political economy of AI and Automation;
  4. Technological innovation and global competitiveness in the digital era;
  5. The social impact of AI and Automation;
  6. Policy challenges of the digital economy.

Event Information

Event Information Panel

Date

Friday, October 25, 2024

Location

University of Milano-Bicocca, Building U6, Aula Martini

The panel on AI and the digital economy will be broadcast online as a webinar, with speakers connected remotely via Webex.

Please note that all times are expressed in CEST (UTC+2)

Organizers

  • Alessandra Bonfiglioli (University of Bergamo and CEPR)
  • Rosario Crinò (University of Bergamo and CEPR)
  • Gino Gancia (University of Milano-Bicocca, CefES and CEPR)

For any information request, please contact us at: cefes@unimib.it

Jointly organized with:

Friday, October 25, 2024  

All times are expressed in CEST, UTC+2

 

8:45 am Registration and welcome

 

9:00 am - 10:30 am Political economy of AI and Automation

  • Massimo Anelli (Bocconi) “What if you see it? Workers’ perceptions of and reactions to LLMs” (with Italo Colantone, Aina Gallego, and Piero Stanig)
  • Maria Petrova (UPF) “Automation, Career Values, and Political Preferences” (with Gregor Schubert, Bledi Taska and Pinar Yildirim)
  • Carlo Pizzinelli (IMF) “Labor Market Exposure to AI: Cross-country Differences and Distributional Implications” (with Augustus Panton, Marina Tavares, Mauro Cazzaniga and Longji Li)

 

10:30 am - 11:00 am coffee break*

 

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Robots and firms’ performance

  • Joseba Martin (LBS) “The technological origins of medium-run fluctuations” (with Johan Moen-Vorum and Haroon Mumtaz)
  • Gabor Bekes (CEU) “Robot Adopters and Integrators: evidence from firm-to-firm transactions in Hungary” (with Alessandra Bonfiglioli, Rosario Crinò and Gino Gancia)
  • Nuriye Melisa Bilgin (Uni Torino) “Technology Spillovers, Diffusion and Rivalry in Firm Networks” (with Ester Faia and Gianmarco Ottaviano)

 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch*

 

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Robots and jobs

  • Gustavo De Souza (Chicago Fed) “Robots, Tools, and Jobs: Evidence from Brazilian Labor Markets” (with Haishi Li)
  • Alessio Moro (Uni Cagliari) “Training Time, Robots and Technological Unemployment” (with Fenicia Cossu and Michelle Rendall)
  • Dalia Marin (Technical University of Munich) “Global Value Chains in a World of Uncertainty and Automation” (with Marius Faber, Kemal Kilic and Gleb Kozliakov)

 

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm technical break

 

3:15 pm – 5:00 pm Panel on AI and the Digital Economy 

Webinar link: https://unimib.webex.com/unimib/j.php?MTID=m7d610a5327120599e5b16eb47ed12e6e (password: AIA2024)

  • Daron Acemoglu** (MIT and CEPR, 2024 Nobel Laureate) “The Macroeconomics of AI”
  • Philippe Aghion** (College de France, LSE and INSEAD) “The economic impact of AI: growth and employment”
  • Beata Javorcik (Oxford, EBRD and CEPR) “Breaking Invisible Barriers: Does Fast Internet Improve Access to Input Markets?” (with Banu Demir and Piyush Panigrahi)

 

* catering for registered participants only
** speakers presenting remotely

Submissions

Deadline: 31 May 2024

Please submit your paper by May 31, 2024.

Please note that the authors of accepted papers will be notified by June 20, 2024.

Limited funding for traveling expenses within Europe is available for presenting authors. Please indicate on your submission if you require funding.

Aula Martini, Building U6 – University of Milano-Bicocca

Access(es):

  • Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo , 1
  • Viale Piero e Alberto Pirelli, 22