This paper investigates the role of wages, education and innovation in shaping employment structures in manufacturing and services of five European countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom), with specific respect to skills in the long term (1999-2011). Using data on employment...

This paper examines the state of Europe’s industry and competitiveness in the current crisis and provides the rationale for a new industrial policy at the European level. Section 1 documents the decline of EU industry and the losses in outpud resulting from the crisis started in 2008. Section...

In 2008, Eurostat updated the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (NACE) from NACE Rev.1 to NACE Rev.2. Eurostat provided correspondence tables to facilitate conversion between the two coding system at the 4 digit level. However, due to multiple correspondences, there is a need for...