Gabriele Ciminelli

About a decade ago, I sat in a presentation on driverless cars, skeptical. That changed the moment the presenter said something that shifted my perspective: "When a driverless car makes a mistake, all other driverless cars will learn how to avoid it. That’s not the case for traditional cars." There’s quite a difference between learning individually and learning collectively. I was reminded of all this while reading a NY Times column by neurosurgeon Jonathan Slotkin in which he writes: “When compared with human drivers on the same roads, Waymo’s self-driving cars were involved in 91 percent fewer serious-injury-or-worse crashes and 80 percent fewer crashes causing any injury. It showed a 96 percent lower rate of injury-causing crashes at intersections, which are some of the deadliest I encounter in the trauma bay.” #cars #droving #accidents #waymo @nytimes #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #AutonomousVehicles #TechTrends #FutureOfTech #Innovation #BigData #NetworkedIntelligence

This column discusses the consequences of tax increases and expenditure cuts which can be mitigated through strategic, ideologically consistent, and well-timed policy decisions. A Alesina @Harvard, @GCimins @ADB_HQ, D Furceri @IMFNews, G Saponaro @Harvard ow.ly/GRnU50RbfSq

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18859 #Austerity and Elections Alberto Alesina @Harvard, @GCimins @ADB_HQ, Davide Furceri @IMFNews, Giorgio Saponaro @Harvard ow.ly/guzT50QHHWA #CEPR_MG, #CEPR_PoE #voting #economics

@Bruegel_org @ZsoltDarvas @maria_savona Rather than policy effectiveness it points to a different desire for the redistributive role of government.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 INEQUALITY Similar levels of gross income inequality, and different levels of net income inequality, across the Atlantic suggest that redistributive policies in Europe are more effective. @ZsoltDarvas @maria_savona #FutureofworkTEG 👉 buff.ly/3rr1iaE

@PawelAdrjan Would make sense if headline inflation in EU is driven by super high energy prices more than the US (more a supply than demand shock)

Interesting pattern from our wage tracker. The gap between posted wage growth and inflation is significantly wider in the UK & Europe than in the US.

Presenterò un disegno di legge affinché nei programmi elettorali sia indicato il costo delle misure promesse dai partiti e relative coperture (compreso eventuale deficit). Forse non andrà lontano ma migliorerebbe la trasparenza della politica. Se concordate ritweettate per favore

#ASSA2023 is about to start. Looking forward to the presentation by my co-authors @GCimins and Cyrille Schwellnus bright and early tomorrow!

Not always bad news: The conventional perception that #Fed's rate hikes always imply capital outflows from #EmergingMarkets assets is an incomplete assessment. When the Fed hikes on backdrop of improving economy EMs assets do not suffer outflows. ideasforindia.in/topics/money-f…

Pure #monetary #policy shocks have conventional, negative effects but positive information shocks do not. The latter even drive a reallocation out of #US Treasuries and into growth-sensitive US assets @GCimins @OECD @OECDeconomy, J Rogers, W Wu @FudanUniv ow.ly/knqR50Ib8r1

If you think writing a blog post with 10 co-authors is a recipe for disaster, think again! It went very smoothly: voxeu.org/article/telewo… - with @GCimins @C_Criscuolo @P_N_Gal @AlexandreJudes2 G Nicoletti @KoelleM @timoleidecker F Losma C Schwellnus @TaraSinc

Thrilled to soon present on the future of #telework at the @banquedefrance -@OECDeconomy Will it stick after #covid? We analyzed millions of job advertisements to find that it will! @PawelAdrjan @KoelleM Check out the full paper oecd.org/publications/w…

Right now it's hard to imagine the pandemic going away... but when it does, will remote work persist? New Indeed-OECD paper with data from 20 countries by @GCimins, @AlexandreJudes2, @KoelleM, @TaraSinc, Cyrille Schwellnus & me: oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/will… Thread 1/

Are governments implementing #austerity punished at the polls? It depends on their electoral base and whether they go for tax hikes or expenditure cuts. Find out more here: imf.org/en/Publication…

Looking at the evolution of gender wage gaps over the working life shows that gender wage gaps arise even among teenagers age 14–19 and increase sharply at ages 20–29 and 30–39, indicating a high "child wage penalty" find @GCimins & Cyrille Schwellnus 👇🏻 voxeu.org/article/human-…

The drivers of the #gender #wagegap are multiple, and their importance differs widely across countries. The #policy mix to close these gaps needs to be tailored to each individual country’s circumstances @GCimins, Cyrille Schwellnus @OECD @OECDeconomy ow.ly/Jh0250ENHCc

Excited to see the results from my latest research on the drivers of #gender wage gaps featured on @voxeu

On average across 25 European countries, there remains a gap of around 15% in hourly earnings between similarly-qualified men & women. What is the role of human capital, working time flexibility & discrimination in the #genderwagegap? Read more 👉oe.cd/il/3Ev @OECD

European CDC raises risk assessment of new coronavirus variants to "high/very high," says stricter interventions are needed ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication…

Sample in Ireland shows UK coronavirus variant accounts for 45% of new cases, up from 25% a week ago and 9% last month - REU

Questa era la sicurezza davanti a #CapitolBuilding durante le proteste #BlackLivesMatter . Oggi mentre il Congresso certifica il risultato del voto han fatto #openday? #Washington #TrumpIsACriminal