We review the recent economic literature on skill shortages and skill mismatch by paying
particular attention to the demand side of skill mismatch, which have not received much …

Most labor economics textbooks pay little attention to actual labor markets, taking as
reference a perfectly competitive market in which losing a job is not a big deal. The …

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth
unemployment rate (YUR). The authors consider different types of financial crises (systemic …

Drawing on the role of individuals, education and training providers and countries' social
policy actions, and borrowing insights from psychology, sociology and economics, this book …

The more than doubling of the number of foreign-born residents of developed countries
since 1980 has triggered a high level of research activity regarding the economic …

education_jun08_cover_web:Mise en page 1.qxd Page 1 Higher aspirations: An agenda for
reforming European universities BY PHILIPPE AGHION, MATHIAS DEWATRIPONT, CAROLINE …

In the North of Europe, club membership is higher than in the South, but the frequency of
contacts with friends, relatives and neighbors is lower. We link this fact to another one: the …

This paper estimates the impact of several institutions and policies on youth and total
unemployment rates for a large set of developed countries during the last three decades …

This study analyses the relationship between flexible employment, productivity and wages,
along their distributions. We use an original firm-level dataset, which combines information …

This paper reports about a randomized experiment in which training vouchers of€ 1000
were given to low-skilled workers. The vouchers increase training participation by almost 20 …