vanished, (ii) the relative volatility of employment has risen, and (iii) the relative (and absolute) volatility of the real …

The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have … not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign … suppliers. In this study I provide stylized facts on offshoring in Europe between 1995 and 2008 taking into account this …

reassessment, we estimate employment responses to loss or reduction of benefits. We find that among those who left disability …-reform employment status. 81% of beneficiaries who had some employment in the pre-reform year worked, while only 33% of those without … pre-reform employment did. The gains of the reform in activating beneficiaries were small and strongly driven by pre …

The paper elaborates on the employment intensity of growth. Previous evidence regarding this question is surveyed … that the employment intensity of growth is influenced by the country's wage setting process, the share of the service …

should also incorporate the cost of generating and maintaining long-term employment relationships, along with conventional …

Euro area (Germany, France, Italy and Spain), the UK and the USA. The result are very different for the countries …