Georgios Petropoulos
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Georgios Petropoulos is an economist whose research sits at the intersection of labor economics, automation, and industrial policy, with a particular focus on how technological change reshapes employment and wages across European economies. His most influential work examines the dual effects of industrial robots on labor markets — exploring both the displacement of workers from routine tasks and the countervailing productivity gains that can stimulate broader labor demand. His 2018 Bruegel Working Paper, "The Impact of Industrial Robots on EU Employment and Wages: A Local Labour Market Approach," has garnered over 160 citations and stands as a foundational contribution to the empirical literature on automation in Europe. By applying a local labor market equilibrium framework to six EU countries representing 85.5 percent of the EU industrial robotics market, Petropoulos brought rigorous regional-level analysis to a debate previously dominated by U.S.-centric studies. His work has proven essential reading for policymakers and researchers grappling with the socioeconomic consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, offering nuanced, evidence-based insights into how automation's benefits and disruptions are distributed across workers and regions in Europe.
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