OECD countries faced largely divergent employment rates during the last decades. But the whole bulk of the cross … account for cross-country variations in both the level and the dynamics of employment rates of demographic groups. Second, we …-national differences in family attitudes. Studying the correlation between employment rates and family attitudes, we then show that the …

OECD countries faced largely divergent employment rates during the last decades. But the whole bulk of the cross … account for cross-country variations in both the level and the dynamics of employment rates of demographic groups. Second, we …-national differences in family attitudes. Studying the correlation between employment rates and family attitudes, we then show that the …

, R&D investments, and productivity across 12 OECD economies and 17 manufacturing and service industries. Much of the … positive relationship between those cognitive skills and the labour productivity in a country-sector combination. The part of … the cross-country cross-sector variation in labour productivity that can be explained by human capital is remarkably large …