Fabrizio Pompei

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Fabrizio Pompei is an economist whose research sits at the intersection of labor markets, technological change, and innovation dynamics, with a particular focus on how automation and robotics reshape employment conditions across Europe. His work interrogates the nuanced relationship between robot adoption and workforce outcomes, moving beyond simple narratives of job displacement to examine how innovation regimes mediate these effects. In his highly cited 2022 study analyzing six European countries, Pompei and colleagues demonstrated that the impact of robot adoption on flexible contract usage is not uniform — crucially, the dominant innovation model within an industry determines whether automation leads to greater labor market precarity. Specifically, in industries characterized by high knowledge cumulativeness, robot adoption was found to reduce the likelihood of temporary employment. This insight challenged conventional assumptions and highlighted the importance of institutional and sectoral context in shaping technological outcomes. His 2020 work further explored the conditions under which robots enhance or diminish job quality, reinforcing his commitment to policy-relevant, evidence-based research. With growing citation counts reflecting increasing scholarly interest in automation's labor market consequences, Pompei's contributions offer essential nuance for researchers, policymakers, and students navigating the future of work.