Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in <i>Services and Employment</i>, an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation....

Why is Europe's employment rate almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States? This "jobs gap" has typically been blamed on the rigidity of European labor markets. But in Services and Employment, an international group of leading labor economists suggests quite a different explanation....

Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Übersicht -- Inhalt -- Verzeichnis der Tabellen und Abbildungen -- Beschäftigungswirkungen moderner Technologien -- TEIL I. BETRIEBSEBENE -- Der Kontext entscheidet: Wirkungen des Einsatzes computergestützter Techniken in Industriebetrieben -- Diffusion neuer...

The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid.