Valeria Cirillo

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, University of Bari Aldo Moro

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Valeria Cirillo’s research lies at the intersection of labor economics, technological change, and innovation studies, with a sharp focus on how digitalization and automation reshape work. Her major contributions center on understanding the nuanced effects of new technologies—from robotics to digital platforms—on employment, skill demands, and training. In her highly cited work “Digital technologies, labor market flows and training: Evidence from Italian employer-employee data” (2024, 19 citations), she leverages a unique matched employer-employee dataset to reveal how digital adoption alters labor market dynamics and the critical role of firm-level training. Her comparative study “Regimes of robotization in Europe” (2023, 19 citations) identifies distinct national patterns in automation’s penetration and its socio-economic consequences. Through qualitative case studies in services (“Case studies of automation in services,” 2022), she brings to light the lived experiences of workers and managers, exposing the often-overlooked complexity of automation’s impacts. With over 40 combined citations for these works, Cirillo’s research is essential reading for scholars and policymakers seeking evidence-based insights into the future of work in a technologically evolving economy.