This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations and skill utilization by firms. The authors identify … two mechanisms behind these links, which we integrate into a unified theory of export destinations and skills. First … advertising, activities that are also intensive in skilled labor (Matsuyama, 2007). Both theories suggest a skill-bias in export …

evaluating employment programs' outcomes; reviewing the role of labor market regulations in job creation; and reforming technical … the recent Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and earlier Bank's work on youth employment, this report addresses labor …

Employment and skills are at the core of Europe 2020, the European Union's (EU) competitiveness strategy, and are … economic crisis and because important reforms in employment and education have not yet been completed. The Europe 2020 Romania … report discusses the key challenges currently faced by Romania in the area of productive employment, and proposes a set of …

in Bulgaria. Compared to the EU27 averages, activity and employment rates have remained low, and Bulgaria has significant … employment even during the crisis and measures to retrain and up-skill the unemployed and those at risk of lay-off is an …-term measures during the economic crisis ideally combine efforts to keep workers in employment through temporary publicly subsidized …

for low income workers. Expanding employment opportunities and addressing the deficits in skills of large segments of the … inform the discussions of the future of social and employment policy among policy makers and the Peruvian society at large. …

capitalize on the employment creation potential of the RE targets and the IGCEP, policy makers will have to anticipate changes in …), with indicative employment projections required for long-term planning …