While there is consensus on the need to raise the time spent in the market by European women, it is not clear how these goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that are widely debated in policy circles. The paper...

This paper provides an explanation for five stylized facts concerning growth and structural change in the developed economies: (i) the rising share of service employment; (ii) the increase in the female employment rate; (iii) the deceleration of this increase while approaching the male employment...

While there is consensus on the need to raise the time spent in the market by European women, it is not clear how these goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that are widely debated in policy circles. The paper...