Economic instability, social changes, and new social policies place economic insecurity high on the scholarly and political agenda. This paper contributes to these debates by proposing a new multidimensional, intertemporal measure of economic insecurity that accounts for both its multiplicity and its dynamism. It is now available on another Paper related to RISING prin. This […]

This paper examines the occupational and social impact of robotics and labour-replacing technologies in Western European countries. In particular, the changes in workforce composition and possible modifications to the occupational stratification of European societies are assessed, together with the “shrinking-middle-class” hypothesis. It is now available on the website another Working Paper related to RISING prin. […]

The working paper reviews the main occupation based social class measures and delineates them from other concepts such as status (ceto, stand) and continuous measures of socio-economic positions. The theoretical foundations of EGP and ESeC schemes and the alternative proposal by Oesch are presented. It is now available on the website the fourth Working Paper […]