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Sectoral explanations of employment in Europe: the role of services
D’Agostino, Antonello; Serafini, Roberta; … - 2006
sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in … the growth 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 have hindered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604671
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Does the Euro Make a Difference? Spatio-Temporal Transmission of Global Shocks to Real Effective Exchange Rates in an Infinite VAR
Bussière, Matthieu - 2011
This paper provides evidence on whether the creation of the euro has changed the way global turbulences affect euro area and other economies. Specifically, it considers the impact of global shocks on the competitiveness of individual euro area countries and assesses whether their responses to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130602
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Stress-Testing Net Trading Income : The Case of European Banks
Giglio, Carla; Shaw, Frances; Syrichas, Nicolas; … - 2021
Net trading income is an important but volatile source of income for many euro area banks, highly sensitive to changes in financial market conditions. Using a representative sample of European banks, we study the distribution of net trading income (normalized by total assets) conditional to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243811
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Labour Cost and Employment Across Euro Area Countries and Sectors
Pierluigi, Beatrice; Roma, Moreno - 2021
This paper studies the role of wage moderation and labour and product market regulation for employment creation. To this end, labour demand estimates are presented for the five largest euro area countries at the aggregate level and for three macro sectors: manufacturing, construction and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316513
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New Technologies and Jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; Dias da Silva, Antonio; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2023
software in 16 European countries over the period 2011-2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346583
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Does product market competition reduce inflation? Evidence from EU countries and sectors
Przybyla, Marcin; Roma, Moreno - 2005
In this paper we explore the link between the intensity of product market competition and inflation rates across EU countries and sectors. We consider long-term averages of inflation rates in order to remove the cyclical behavior of inflation over time and as alternative proxies of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604499
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Labour cost and employment across euro area countries and sectors
Pierluigi, Beatrice; Roma, Moreno - 2008
This paper studies the role of wage moderation and labour and product market regulation for employment creation. To this end, labour demand estimates are presented for the five largest euro area countries at the aggregate level and for three macro sectors: manufacturing, construction and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604958
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New technologies and jobs in Europe
Albanesi, Stefania; da Silva, António Dias; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2023
software in 16 European countries over the period 2011-2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374775
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3-Step Analysis of Public Finances Sustainability : The Case of the European Union
Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2021
We use a 3-step analysis to assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU27. Firstly, we perform the SURADF specific panel unit root test to investigate the meanreverting behaviour of general government expenditure and revenue ratios. Secondly, we apply the bootstrap panel cointegration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316526
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Pensions and Fertility : Back to the Roots -- The Introduction of Bismarck's Pension Scheme and the European Fertility Decline
Fenge, Robert - 2014
Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered as one of the causes. This paper provides detailed evidence based on historical data on the mechanism by which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047746