A fast-growing literature shows that technological change is replacing labor in routine tasks, raising concerns that labor is racing against the machine. This paper is the first to estimate the labor demand effects of routine-replacing technological change (RRTC) for Europe as a whole and at the level of 238 European regions. We develop and estimate...

In the face of Europe's upheaval following the shock Brexit vote, and the uncertainty that now surrounds immigration and trade matters, Malcolm Turnbull says Australia could team up with New Zealand to negotiate new arrangements. The Brexit raises challenges for Australia's free trade negotiations with the European Union, and the Prime Minister says he will...

Europe, outsiders, parties, experts, London, the United Kingdom itself – all were rejected in Britain’s referendum here are days that concentrate decades. 23–24 June 2016, when Britain voted to leave the European Union, was one. The decision to end forty-three years of economic and political association with its continental partners was seismic enough. Within hours...

This article suggests that the Brexit vote was not - as suggested by journalists and campaigners on both sides - a kind of anti-establishment insurgency. Justin Lewis, Professor of Communication at Cardiff University claims that 52% of voters made a choice in line with reported conventional wisdom, citing research carried out during the campaign that...

In February 2015 the principle of ‘Efficiency First’ (E1st) was formally endorsed by the European Commission within the framework of the Energy Union.