By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the …

Sweden. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy … conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in Sweden in the 1990s are not an efficient means of employment policy. To be …

Many low skilled jobs have been substituted away for machines in Europe, or eliminated, much more so than in the US …, while technological progress at the quot;topquot;, i.e. at the high-tech sector, is faster in the US than in Europe. This … paper suggests that the main difference between Europe and the US in this respect is their different labor market policies …

structure in Europe in the 1980s. These different trends are the result of different investment decisions by firms for the jobs … typically held by less-skilled workers. Firms in Europe have more incentives to invest in less-skilled workers, because minimum …

The extent of the demographic changes in Europe is dramatic and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods … reactions to specific reforms. Which behavioral reactions will strengthen, which will weaken reform policies? Can Old Europe …

structure in Europe in the 1980s. These different trends are the result of different investment decisions by firms for the jobs … typically held by less skilled workers. Firms in Europe have more incentives to invest in less skilled workers, because minimum …