Marialuisa Divella & Valeria Cirillo - Active Labour Market Policies

Marialuisa Divella & Valeria Cirillo (University of Bari) - Active Labour Market Policies in the Framework of Just Transition Programs

Marialuisa Divella & Valeria Cirillo with a presentation about Active Labour Market Policies in the Framework of Just Transition Programs. They present the cases of Italy, Spain and Germany.

Marialuisa Divella is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Bari. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bari and a MSc in Science and Technology Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit-SPRU, University of Sussex. Her working areas are economics of innovation, science and innovation policies, industrial policies and organisation, labour market policies, regional development.

Valeria Cirillo is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, and member of the board of the PhD school in Economics at Sapienza University of Rome. She is also external affiliate of the Institute of Economics, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, and member of MinervaLab – Laboratory on Diversity and Gender Inequality. Since 2023 she is associate editor of the Italian Economic Journal (Springer). Her research interests encompass employment and inequality dynamics, technological change, innovation, development economics, gender studies, and applied economics for labour market analysis.

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This presentation was part of an expert workshop on the so called Twin Transformation, organized by OEFSE and the Austria chamber of labour and held in Vienna in June 2024.

About the workshop:
The renaissance of Industrial Policy (IP) is surprising, given its marginalisation during the economic policy discourse of the last 30 years. Welcoming this shift, it's crucial to examine the reasons, methods, and beneficiaries of IP from a progressive and labour-oriented standpoint. This workshop, organized by the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) and the Chamber of Labour of Vienna, aims to address these questions.

Key topics include:
Motivations for IP, such as the climate crisis and digital transformation.
Objectives and beneficiaries of IP.
Decision-making processes and implementation challanges.
Critical unresolved issues in EU IP, including labour market impacts, the lack of legitimacy, governance deficits, the need for enhanced state capacities, and the macro-financial framework.

The workshop's goal is to stimulate debate among progressive scholars, trade unions, and civil society. Outcomes will feed into future publications and activities, aiming to provide inputs for the design of a comprehensive EU IP framework for the next five years, supporting trade unions and progressive civil society during the 2024-2029 legislative period.

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