this context, the paper discusses the different experiences of the UK (where employment increased) and Spain (where it fell … sharply), and finds that almost two thirds of the employment losses in Spain resulted from the failure of real wages to adjust … this had on labor productivity also played a role. In many countries, post-2007 employment losses were modest, as real …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …

the knock-on effects, influenced by the specific institutional frameworks, on employment and unemployment. On the basis of … into falls in working hours and head-count employment and rises in unemployment are analysed. A range of institutional … factors expected to influence the transmission from output to employment and unemployment is examined for a selected group of …

organizational production concepts to adapt to competitiveness challenges, new market requirements, environment¤al demands, and … production in Germany. East German as well as West German data is analyzed. Readers will ga¤in fresh insights about the diffusion … of new production concepts, the interaction of process and product innovations, and subsequent effects on productivity …