, employment, and productivity, many direct and indirect effects are at play. To ensure a transparent and systematic flow of the …

The role of skills and human capital during England's Industrial Revolution is the subject of an old but still ongoing … debate. This paper contributes to the debate by assessing the artisanal skills of watchmakers and watch tool makers in …

Based on unique data from the second wave of the Cedefop European skills and jobs survey (ESJS2), this study examines … first exploited to construct robust and comprehensive indices of the required skills profile of European jobs. These … demands as opposed to other drivers (including labour market immobility, worker skills gaps, unattractive working conditions …

We study the distributional consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic's impacts on employment, both during the onset of the … show that the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities. Although employment losses have been widespread, they …