Oschinski, M., Spielman, Ch. and S. Subbu-Rathinam (2025). AI and the future of work for economists: rethinking economics education 
This paper examines skills requirements for jobs most commonly pursued by U.S. economics graduates, analyses how skills demand has already changed between 2015 and 2023, a period of rapid AI development, and discusses AI’s likely impact on job profiles. Based on our findings, we explore the implications for economics teaching at the university level. Adapting university curricula to these labor market shifts and equipping students with relevant skills is crucial for shaping a future-ready economics education..

Oschinski, M. and R. Walia (2025). Harnessing Generative AI: Navigating the Transformative Impact on Canada’s Labour Market
This study explores the potential impact of generative AI on the Canadian workforce over the next five years. Through two novel approaches — using ChatGPT to evaluate the generative AI automation risk of occupations and employing the recently established Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS) database — we analyze how generative AI might transform work activities and skill requirements across different sectors and regions of the Canadian economy.

Wiese, L., Rathinam, S. S., Oschinski, M., DeWitt, B., & Schiff, D. S. (2025). AI Ethics and Governance in the Job Market: Trends, Skills, and Sectoral Demand.
Drawing on more than four million job postings for AI-related professions over the years 2018-2023, we provide an empirically-grounded characterization of AI ethics and governance competencies and perform associated descriptive analyses.

Oschinski, M., Crawford, A., & Wu, M. (2024). AI and the Future of Workforce Training.
This CSET report examines the changing landscape of workforce development, highlighting the crucial role of community colleges, alternative career pathways, and AI-enabled training solutions in preparing workers for this transition.

Oschinski, M. (2024). Advancing Inclusive Innovation: Meeting the Surge in Demand for STEM Jobs
To stay competitive, the United States will need to strengthen and diversify the sources of its talent in STEM fields.

Oschinski, M. and M. Felder (2023). Quality of Work of Canada’s Contingent Workforce. Future Skills Centre and Belongnomics.
This report explores the varied arrangements for gig work as well as the motivations for why individuals engage in gig work. It sheds light on the nature and quality of gig work in Canada and provides high-level policy recommendations.

Cutean, A., Davidson, R., Felder, M., Hale, E., Oschinski, M., Watson, M., Xiao, B. “Recharging Quebec’s Transportation Sector” January 2022. Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC). Ottawa, Canada.
This report reviews some of the labour dynamics associated with Québec’s emerging electric vehicle (EV) industry and identifies current and future labour demand and skill needs. Although some employment displacement is likely to occur, this shift will be offset by new jobs created by the growth of this industry, and further focus on sustainability and a “green transition.”

Oschinski, M.  and N. Thanh (2022). Finding the Right Job: A Skills-Based Approach to Career Planning. IRPP Study 86. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy.
In this study, we propose a two-pronged approach to career guidance — one that is primarily focused on skills. We first determine suitable employment opportunities based on overlaps between the competencies, work activities and interests in a person’s current or most recent occupation and those in alternative occupations, then identifying the skills gaps that must be addressed to make these job transitions possible.

Bonen, T. and Oschinski, M. (2021). Mapping Canada’s Training Ecosystem: Much Needed and Long Overdue. IRPP Insights No. 34, January 2021.
This paper is a call to action for employers, training providers and government agencies of all levels to work together to lay the foundation of a robust pan-Canadian mapping of training and employment opportunities.

Amarasinghe U., Rowe A., Han F., Rajendran M., Oschinski M. and S. Deery. (2020). Automation Affecting Canadians, Toronto: MaRS Discovery District.
This analysis provides an assessment of how AI and machine learning will affect the Canadian labour market.

Amarasinghe, U., Motha-Pollock, A., Felder, M., & Oschinski, M. (2020). COVID-19 and Ontario’s sales and service workers: Who is most vulnerable? Toronto: MaRS Discovery District.
This research puts a spotlight on the most vulnerable workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, our approach was applied by Ontario’s York Region Public Health and Halton Region to establish prioritization of COVID vaccinations in 2021.

Oschinski, M. and R. Wyonch (2017), Future Shock - The Impact of Automation on Canada’s Labour Market, C. D. Howe.
This Commentary assesses the impact of technological change on Canada’s labour market over the past 30 years and highlights its implications for the near future.

Oschinski, M. (2016), The Political Economy of Ontario, in Collier, Ch. N. and J. Malloy (eds.), The Politics of Ontario, University of Toronto Press.
The Politics of Ontario is the first comprehensive book on Ontario's politics, government, and public policy since Graham White's The Government and Politics of Ontario in 1997.

Oschinski, M., Chan K. and L. Kobrinsky (2014), Ontario Made – Rethinking Manufacturing in the 21st Century, The Mowat Centre, University of Toronto, School of Public Policy.
This report analyzes the economic factors behind the recent struggles of Ontario’s manufacturing sector, and offers recommendations as to what Ontario can do to cultivate this sector.

Baumann, F., Oschinski, M., & Staehler, N. (2012), On the Effects of Fair Trade on the Welfare of the Poor, Journal of International Development 24: S159-S172.

Kulessa, M., Oschinski, M., & Seum, S. (2010). Internationaler Seeverkehr und Klimaschutz. DIW Vierteljahreshefte, 1, 1-15.

Bäuerle, T., Graichen, J., Kulessa, M., Meyer, K., Oschinski, M., & Seum, S. (2010). Integration of Marine Transport into European Emissions Trading System: Environmental, economic and legal analysis of different options, Federal Environment Agency. UBA - Climate Change Publications, 1, 1-120.

Oschinski, M. (2008). Are Cash Transfers a Suitable Alternative to Energy and Food Subsidies?. DIE Briefing Paper - Financing for Development Series, 1(11), 1-4.

Oschinski, M. (2006). Assessing the Effects of Openness on the Poor - Are the Critics Right?. Berlin: Logos.

Oschinski, M. (2005). A Tale of Two Trade Regimes: India’s Development Experience. TiGER Working Paper Series , 74, 1-35.

Oschinski, M. (2004). Asylum, Immigration and Statehood: A Philosophical Perspective. Forced Migration and the Contemporary World’s Challenges to the International System (pp. 239-254). Warsaw: Libra S. C.

Kulessa, M., & Oschinski, M. (2003). Trade - A Driving Force in Combating Poverty? Development Perspectives Regarding the WTO Doha Round. VENRO-Project: Prospects for 2015 - Combatting Poverty Requires Involvement, 5, 1-45.

Kulessa, M., & Oschinski, M. (2003). Handel - Ein Motor zur Armutsbekämpfung? WWZ Forschungsbericht, 5, 1-45.

Oschinski, M. (2003). Economic Liberalization and Globalization vs. India’s Poor. Globalization - Indian Experience (pp. 1-45). Hyderabad: IFCAI University Press.

Oschinski, M., & Weder, B. (2002). Wachstum und Ungleichheit - eine unverträgliche Beziehung? Die Volkswirtschaft, 1(1), 19-24.