population. The barriers young people face stem both from skills deficiencies and from weak fundamentals that constrain job …

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

time. Skills and competences will therefore become increasingly important to raise living standards. Educational attainment … encouraging investment in skills. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted workers’ insufficient protection against shocks, underlining …

-established industrial base with a large pool of skilled labour force, in order to gain empirical insights on the links between law, skills … importance of relationship specific investments for skills and proceeds to emphasize the role of the labour law in this context …