Anna Salomons is an Instituut Gak Endowed Professor at Utrecht University’s School of Economics in the Netherlands, and a Research Fellow at IZA, CEPR, Boston University Technology & Policy Research Initiative, and Carnegie Mellon University Block Center for Technology and Society. Her research studies the labor market impacts of technological change and labor market regulation, focusing on consequences for earnings inequality and employment. Salomons received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Leuven in Belgium in 2012 and has held visiting positions at Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, the London School of Economics, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Centre for European Economic Research.
Anna Salomons
Instituut Gak Endowed Professor, Utrecht University’s School of Economics; Research Affiliate, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative
Automation, Inequality, and Productivity
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Automation, Inequality, and Productivity
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Annie Lowrey of The Atlantic calls for UBI to preempt AI-induced inequalityNews
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