From an international perspective, the European rate of unemployment has been relatively high and growing over the last one to two decades; on this background, the parallel rise in profit shares in a number of European countries seems to be at odds with expected economic behavior. The paper...

From an international perspective, the European rate of unemployment has been high and growing over the last one to two decades; against this background, the parallel rise in profit shares in a number of European countries seems to be at odds with expected economic behaviour. This paper...