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....

This paper analyses employers’ recruitment strategies (in terms of search channel used, and applicants’ characteristics) in response to different conditions on the relevant regional labour market. In particular we were able to formulate two hypotheses on the nature of the adjustments: (1)...

This paper analyses employers' recruitment strategies (in terms of search channel used, and applicants' characteristics) in response to different conditions on the relevant regional labour market. In particular we were able to formulate two hypotheses on the nature of the adjustments: (1) The...