Edited by Steven Dhondt, Professor, Centre for Sociological Research (CeSO), Belgium; Senior Research Scientist, TNO, the Netherlands, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage, Associate Professor, Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands and Leire Aldaz Odriozola, Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain

‘This book presents valuable new evidence on crucial developments impacting European labour markets, including technological progress, globalisation, and migration. I found its interdisciplinary approach, its careful consideration of social consequences, its nuanced analysis and discussion of migration, and the application of its scientific insights to policy particularly insightful.’

• ContentsList of contributors viiPreface xiPART I INTRODUCTION1 Inequality and skills: still the main social topics of our times 2Steven Dhondt, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage and Leire Aldaz OdriozolaPART II THREE TRANSFORMATIONS RESHAPING WORKAND INEQUALITY2 The consequences of technological advancements for labourmarkets 14Victor Medina Pierluisi and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage3 Globalisation and labour market inequalities 37Bart Los4 Migration, inequality, and skills 53Leire Aldaz Odriozola, Majda Seghir, Begoña Eguía Peñaand Ane Aizpurua Esnaola5 The interaction of the three shocks: technological change,globalisation, and migration 69Marcel SmolkaPART III POLICY RESPONSES: REIMAGINING THE RULESOF THE GAME6 Regions in Europe: diverse paths to shared prosperity? 98Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen, Jon P. Knudsen, TereseBirkeland and Tore Bersvendsen7 Social convergence and the transitions: which direction? 117Gerben Hulsegge, Steven Dhondt, Hans Christian GarmannJohnsen, Pascal Kampert and Jon P. Knudsen8 Skills between reality and misconceptions: what they can (andcannot) solve 142Cinzia Alcidi and Laura NurskiPART IV RETHINKING POLICY FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE9 Reimagining European policy: skills, inequality, and the pathto convergence 157Steven Dhondt, Leire Aldaz Odriozola and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage

Edited by Steven Dhondt, Professor, Centre for Sociological Research (CeSO), Belgium; Senior Research Scientist, TNO, the Netherlands, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage, Associate Professor, Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands and Leire Aldaz Odriozola, Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain

‘This book presents valuable new evidence on crucial developments impacting European labour markets, including technological progress, globalisation, and migration. I found its interdisciplinary approach, its careful consideration of social consequences, its nuanced analysis and discussion of migration, and the application of its scientific insights to policy particularly insightful.’

• ContentsList of contributors viiPreface xiPART I INTRODUCTION1 Inequality and skills: still the main social topics of our times 2Steven Dhondt, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage and Leire Aldaz OdriozolaPART II THREE TRANSFORMATIONS RESHAPING WORKAND INEQUALITY2 The consequences of technological advancements for labourmarkets 14Victor Medina Pierluisi and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage3 Globalisation and labour market inequalities 37Bart Los4 Migration, inequality, and skills 53Leire Aldaz Odriozola, Majda Seghir, Begoña Eguía Peñaand Ane Aizpurua Esnaola5 The interaction of the three shocks: technological change,globalisation, and migration 69Marcel SmolkaPART III POLICY RESPONSES: REIMAGINING THE RULESOF THE GAME6 Regions in Europe: diverse paths to shared prosperity? 98Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen, Jon P. Knudsen, TereseBirkeland and Tore Bersvendsen7 Social convergence and the transitions: which direction? 117Gerben Hulsegge, Steven Dhondt, Hans Christian GarmannJohnsen, Pascal Kampert and Jon P. Knudsen8 Skills between reality and misconceptions: what they can (andcannot) solve 142Cinzia Alcidi and Laura NurskiPART IV RETHINKING POLICY FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE9 Reimagining European policy: skills, inequality, and the pathto convergence 157Steven Dhondt, Leire Aldaz Odriozola and Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage