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Unemployment in the European Union : a dynamic reappraisal

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … implications. Our analysis shows that the rise in EU unemployment over the 1970s and first part of the 1980s was due largely to …

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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US

Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016

Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU …-tech sectors. Our results also show that the US/EU productivity gap has worsened during the crisis period, as the EU companies have …

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Euro, crisis and unemployment : youth patterns, youth policies?

Ghoshray, Atanu; Ordóñez, Javier; Sala, Hector - 2016

This paper examines the occurrence of structural breaks in European unemployment associated with major events experienced by the European economies at an institutional level: the creation of the European and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1999, and the Euro/financial crisis in 2008-2009, which was...

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Skill mismatch in labor markets

Polachek, Solomon W. (ed.); Pouliakas, Konstantinos (ed.); … - 2017 - First edition

The 2008 global financial and economic crisis led to a significant increase in unemployment rates in most developed economies, yet despite the rising supply of labor, a high share of employers claim that they cannot find the right talent and skills. Concerns that economic restructuring and...

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Is R&D good for employment? : microeconometric evidence from the EU

Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017

detected in the low-tech industries. From a policy point of view, this outcome is supporting the EU2020 strategy, but – taking …

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Unemployment, growth and fiscal policy : new insights on the hysteresis hypothesis

Raurich-Puigdevall, Xavier (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Unemployment in the European Union : institutions, prices, and growth

Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Explaining how delayed motherhood affects fertility dynamics in Europe

Bratti, Massimiliano (contributor); … - 2008

This paper analyzes the effect of delayed motherhood on fertility dynamics for women living in several European countries, which differ in terms of their institutional environments. We show that the effect of delaying the first child on the transition to the second birth differs both among...

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Is corporate R&D investment in high-tech sectors more effective? : some guidelines for European Research Policy

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; Potters, … - 2009

This paper discusses the link between R&D and productivity across the European industrial and service sectors. The empirical analysis is based on both the European sectoral OECD data and on a unique micro longitudinal database consisting of 532 top European R&D investors. The main conclusions...

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Real unit labour costs in Eurozone countries : drivers and clusters

Ordóñez, Javier; Sala, Hector; Silva, José Ignacio - 2014

We examine the trajectories of the real unit labour costs (RULCs) in a selection of Eurozone economies. Strong asymmetries in the convergence process of the RULCs and its components - real wages, capital intensity, and technology - are uncovered through decomposition and cluster analyses. In the...

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