The Spanish economy is growing strongly, but there is a risk that many people are being left behind. Unemployment, especially among young people and the low-skilled, remains very high. About half of all the unemployed have been unemployed for over a year and one third for more than two years. A...

Flexible workplace organization (WO) increases the efficiency of a firm's future capital investment.Hence, investment in WO positively predicts future capital investment and exposure to future aggregate investment-specific technology (IST) shocks. As a result, firms that invest in WO become...

We investigate the relationship between job complexity and the skills development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS). The results suggest that challenging workplaces, workplaces in which jobs are designed to include complex tasks, and which place...