service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an … gap in the share of service jobs in Europe relative to the US persists. Understanding the main factors behind this gap is … key to achieving higher employment levels in Europe. This paper focuses on the role of barriers in the EU-15 which may …

factor productivity, GDP volatility, negative returns on investment, and a labor force that is too reliant on government …

international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …

. However, the positive and significant impact of R&D expenditures on employment is detectable in services and high …

schooling on self-reported religiosity, social religious acts (attending religious services), as well as solitary religious acts …

in the Europe 2020 strategy and one of the five benchmarks of the strategic framework for European cooperation in … and school resources – as well as more targeted policies. While our focus is mainly on Europe, we also consider important …

had different effects in Central / Northern Europe (Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Sweden) and in Mediterranean … Europe (Italy and Spain). In the North, transitions into bridge jobs have increased, with no significant effect on …

new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe. Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …

supply elasticities for Western Europe and the US. We also investigate the relative contribution of different methodological …, both in the US and in Europe. …