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We live in a service economy, but the extent of development of service employment differs across developed countries … in the recent expansion of service employment in OECD countries. It finds that GDP per capita, the size of the government … sector and the extent of urbanization are positively associated with the service employment share. However, the evidence …
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Immigration in Finland and in Turku is relatively new. It has been predominantly supply-driven (refugees, returnees and family related migration) and is now gradually changing to more demand-driven migration. Policy reactions – both at the national and local level – have been partial and...
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manufacturing employment in the EU. … natural resources (e.g. silica sand, clay, natural stone and rock) into marketable products. Overall employment in the EU in … the non-metallic materials sector amounted to 1.62 million people, which is 0.74% overall employment and 4.72% of overall …
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The EU has experienced different options to support the emergence of champions: (i) targeted support for strategic sectors and large technology initiatives (e.g. Airbus, Ariane, HDTV and ESPRIT); (ii) a support of declining sectors with the ECSC Treaty; and (iii) an emphasis on horizontal...
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, as well as the notion of disaggregate inflation exhibiting a high degree of persistence. Durable goods and services tend …
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This paper provides evidence on whether the creation of the euro has changed the way global turbulences a¤ect 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...
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