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...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Employment Effects of Modern Technology / Schettkat, Ronald / Wagner, Michael -- PART I : ENTERPRISE LEVEL -- The Effects of the Use of Computer-Aided Technology in Industrial Enterprises: It's the Context that Counts / Ewers,...