Klaus Prettner

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

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Economics
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I am a Professor of Economics (especially Macroeconomics and Digitalization) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). My research is primarily concerned with the economic consequences of automation and digitalization, the interrelations between economic growth and inequality, and the impacts of demographic developments on long-run economic outcomes. I have published in journals such as the Journal of Monetary Economics, The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Health Economics, Research Policy, Journal of Urban Economics, Health Affairs, and The BMJ.

 

 

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Fostering a sustainable digital transformation

ENGAGE.EU is proud to share a position paper, which is the outcome of one of the international teams formed during the first ENGAGE.EU Think Tank held in September 2022 in the University of Mannheim. The paper proposes a policy response to dealing with the problems of increased inequality and a rise in carbon emissions that can be a negative effect of automation and digitalization projects.

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