People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates …

This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of … perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …

A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the …, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production function is estimated for the Netherlands for the period 1972-2001. It … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …

countries with a special emphasis on Finland. While fiscal and monetary policies have definitely impacted on macroeconomic … important in explaining the differences. In particular, the weakness of growth in Finland can best be explained by a series of …

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role – Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … ?the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France …

regimes for electricity distributors. A sample of large electricity distribution utilities from Denmark, Finland, Norway …, Sweden and the Netherlands for the year 1997 is studied by assuming a common production frontier for all countries. The peers …