Mirella Damiani

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Mirella Damiani is a leading scholar in labor economics and innovation studies, with a particular focus on the intersection of technological change, job quality, and labor market flexibility. Her research explores how robot adoption and innovation regimes reshape employment structures, especially in European contexts. In her highly cited 2022 paper, "Robots, skills and temporary jobs: evidence from six European countries" (17 citations), Damiani demonstrates that the impact of automation on temporary contracts depends critically on the dominant innovation model—specifically, that in "high knowledge cumulativeness" regimes, robots reduce the likelihood of precarious employment. Her 2020 work, "When Robots Do (Not) Enhance Job Quality: The Role of Innovation Regimes" (4 citations), further disentangles these dynamics, showing that innovation environments mediate whether automation improves or degrades job quality. Damiani’s contributions are vital for policymakers and researchers grappling with the future of work, as she provides nuanced evidence that technology’s labor effects are not uniform but shaped by institutional and sectoral contexts. Her work has been influential in European labor policy debates, and she continues to advance understanding of how skills, temporary jobs, and innovation interact in an era of rapid automation.