European automotive industry, and the political economy of the actors behind such transition. We first describe the automation … and digitalization processes in the automotive sector and their effects on employment. Possible scenarios are analysed … understand the employment effects. We then consider the role of the regulatory push in fostering the transition of the automotive …

positive effects on training intensity and process innovation and no evidence of employment losses or changes in the … composition of employment. Taken together, our findings cast doubts on the idea that ER discourages technology adoption. On the …

Aside from employment protection laws, which have been converging, other labor market institutions in new and old EU …

traditional forms of employment; and improving formalization and better tax compliance of digital workers. It concludes by …

management. Greater automation in establishments with ER does not seem to result from more adversarial employment relationships …The interplay between labour institutions and the adoption of automation technologies remains poorly understood … conditional correlations between the presence of employee representation (ER) and the use of automation technologies. We find that …