This volume, the fourth to result from a remarkably productive collaboration between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in the employment practices, labor markets, and health,...

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives a detailed assessment of their link with economic policies and labour market institutions. Despite major changes in European labour supply during the past few decades, the...

Die demographische Entwicklung in Deutschland in den nächsten Dekaden und die EU-Osterweiterung haben zu einer heftigen Debatte über die zu erwartenden Konsequenzen für die Wirtschaftsentwicklung und Wirtschaftspolitik Deutschlands geführt. Die hier zusammengefassten Tagungsbeiträge...

In low- and middle-income countries, scaling essential health interventions to achieve health development targets is constrained by the lack of skilled health professionals to deliver services. This paper takes a labor market approach to project future health workforce demand based on an...