We analyse the impact of ICT spillovers on productivity using company data for the U.S. We account for inter- and intra-industry spillovers and assess the role played by firm’s absorptive capacity. Our results show that intra-industry ICT spillovers have a contemporaneous negative effect...

INDICSER Review Paper No. 2   Work Package 3 of the INDICSER project will construct indicators that describe the market environment interpreted in a general sense to cover the markets in which service sector firms deliver outputs and purchase inputs. This review of indicators and data sources...

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Our study builds on theoretical and empirical work that analyses the determinants of migration movements. We explore the key trends in the spatial pattern of immigration from the mid 1970s to the present and undertake an investigation of the factors that, in general, help to explain why...

This publication identifies the major determinants, patterns and trends in the European Union\\\'s competitiveness from a distinctly sectoral perspective. The first part provides a comprehensive assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of European industries with respect to the growth...

This paper provides an overview of sectoral productivity in Europe for the period 1995-2004. In an earlier discussion paper, we considered the trends in output and employment, however, taken separately, these may reflect differences in size and input intensities. Productivity measures...

This publication identifies the major determinants, patterns and trends in the European Union\\\'s competitiveness from a distinctly sectoral perspective. The first part provides a comprehensive assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of European industries with respect to the growth...

The introduction of Jobcentre Plus represented a major change in the delivery of public employment services and social security benefits in Britain. It was designed to bring benefit payments and the labour market closer together, while creating efficiencies by introducing new IT systems and...