New Social Situation Monitor research notes provide novel evidence on AI and employment in the EU, child deprivation, housing and more

Six newly published research notes explore the trends reshaping Europe, from AI’s impact on employment and telework opportunities for people with disabilities to rising housing costs, child deprivation, graduate mismatch and the experiences of displaced Ukrainians.

The Social Situation Monitor is pleased to announce the publication of six new research notes providing rigorous, evidence-based analysis on topics of strategic importance. 

Research topics covered:

• Artificial intelligence and employment in the EU: this note shows that while AI exposure has been increasing in the EU between 2012 and 2022, it was associated with overall employment growth and complementing rather than replacing jobs.
• Child material deprivation in the EU: The role of family structure: this note shows that child-specific material deprivation is higher for blended families (where at least one adult is a stepparent) than for traditional nuclear families, but lower than for single-parent families.
• Labour market situation and dynamics of displaced people from Ukraine in Czechia: this note shows that the integration of displaced people from Ukraine into the Czech labour market has been gradually improving. However, women (and in particular those with young children) continue to experience less favourable outcomes.
• Early career pathways and mismatch of graduates in Belgium and across Europe: this note introduces a ‘linkage score’ to measure how well educational qualifications align with actual employment, with the highest linkage scores recorded for regulated professions.
• Housing price triggers and living conditions in the EU: Insights from a structural dynamic analysis: this note employs a novel Bayesian Structural Panel Vector Autoregression and shows that house price shocks lead to worsening living conditions and increased income inequality.
• The labour market impact of teleworking for persons with disabilities: this note does not find any strong evidence that a higher presence of teleworking triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to higher employment rates among persons with disabilities in the EU. 

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