We study the evolution of sectoral employment and labour cost in 11 European countries over the last two decades. Our … countries and industries in employment growth, whereas country-specific effects are more important in the analysis of labour … employment. We pay special attention to Spain, a country that has experienced a high persistent unemployment rate, and show that …

dynamics of employment and unemployment in order to identify key issues for the sources of the malfunctioning of these labour … passive labour market policies, and the structure of employment and output. …

We survey the research on the effect of employment laws in developing countries, using papers published since 2004. The … employment laws tend to have larger informal sectors and higher unemployment, especially among young workers. A number of … countries, especially in Eastern Europe and West Africa, have recently undergone significant reforms to make employment laws …

manufacturing. Using a unique industry dataset compiled from EU KLEMS and PATSTAT, it explores which countries and industries reveal … Denmark have the highest R&D efficiency on average in total manufacturing. However, sector-specific efficiency scores reveal …

cares for wages and employment, we determine a range of trade union objectives and characterize the aggregate technology so …

, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis of changes in wage bill shares and employment shares of more …

This paper investigates the impact of innovation on employment using a panel of UK manufacturing firms and a headcount … bargains. Innovation is found to have positive effect on company employment raising it by 9--12% in the short run and up to 40 … higher employment growth from new products and processes. …