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EconPol Forum 05/2022: European Labor Markets: How Can We Effectively Manage Technological and Structural Change?


CESifo, Munich, 2022

The world has always been changing, but seldom at such a rapid pace and on so many fronts at the same time as now. The aftermath of the covid pandemic, the need to decarbonize our economies, the Ukraine war and the shifting geopolitical situation, a sudden energy crisis, a spike in fuel prices and inflation, a looming recession, ballooning public debt, technological disruption of labor markets, retrenchment of globalization, ageing societies and workforces, the rise of populism and nationalism and much more present a bewildering array of challenges to European policymakers.

In fact, in the last couple of years the world has already changed considerably — and it is not changing back.

This calls for creative policymaking and for some institutional redesign which, in turn, calls for sound, evidence-based economic policy analysis and advice on a wide range of fronts.

That was the reasoning behind the decision to bundle our European policy analysis activities under the EconPol brand, CESifo’s economic policy platform, which is supported by the ifo Institute. EconPol leverages CESifo’s globe-spanning network of 1,800 economists and the ifo Institute’s decades-long research and policy advice expertise.

One of the key vehicles to bring our economic analysis and policy advice to a broad range of policymakers, academia and the public at large is this journal, EconPol Forum (formerly CESifo Forum). It brings together researchers and policymakers from a wide range of countries and institutions to exchange findings and views and thus enrich economic policy debate.

We have structured the EconPol Forum into four sections. The first, “Policy Debate of the Hour”, recognizes the constantly evolving nature of policy challenges, focusing on the most pressing issues of the times. Leading experts and researchers working on the cutting edge of the relevant fields share their findings, insights and policy conclusions.

Articles included

Maria Savona, Tommaso Ciarli, Ed Steinmueller, Simone Vannuccini
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 4-10
Yuchen Guo, Christina Langer, Fabio Mercorio, Francesco Trentini
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 11-15
Oliver Falck, Valentin Lindlacher, Simon Wiederhold
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 16-19
Yvonne Giesing, Britta Rude
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 20-23
Tommaso Ciarli, Florencia Jaccoud, Fabien Petit
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 24-28
Ron Boschma
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 29-32
Andreas Baur, Lisandra Flach, Isabella Gourevich
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 33-36
Filippo Bontadini, Valentina Meliciani, Maria Savona, Ariel Wirkierman
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 37-42
Chao Ma, Zhong Zhao
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 43-47
Nicolas Bunde, Nina Czernich, Oliver Falck, Gabriel Felbermayr
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 48-55
Harold James
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 56-64
Mathias Dolls, David Gstrein, Carla Krolage, Florian Neumeier
CESifo, Munich, 2022
EconPol Forum 23 (5), 65-69