Between the start of the economic and financial crisis in 2008, and early 2010, almost four million jobs were lost in the euro area. Employment began to rise again in the first half of 2011, but declined once more at the end of that year and remains at around three million workers below the...

La 4ème de couverture indique : "D'un côté les moins diplômés, dont l'emploi se dégrade, de l'autre les très qualifiés, enfants chéris d'une économie de plus en plus gourmande en compétences. D'un côté des emplois mal payés, sans intérêt ni perspective d'évolution, de l'autre...

We document how differences in labour demand by gender explain the contrasting evolutions of labour force participation between men and women during the Great Recession in Europe. We first highlight that Europe is characterized by high levels of occupational segregation by gender. As a result,...

The global financial and economic crisis – including two euro area recessions in 2008-2009 and 2011-2013 – has had a heavy impact on euro area labour markets. A notable feature throughout the crisis has been the considerable degree of cross-country heterogeneity of labour market adjustments...