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 …

Shift‐share and input‐output models are combined to explore the resilience of Greek
regions to economic crisis. Model results indicate that rural regions are more resistant to …

The strength of the 2008 financial and economic crisis and the resulting degree of resilience
were heterogeneous among and within the European Union countries. Challenges and …

South European labour markets have gone through a substantial level of downward
adjustment in wages (internal devaluation) and liberalisation in the aftermath of the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze if choices made by family businesses (FBs)
regarding job stability in economic recessions are different, on average, to those made by …

The identification of trends and cycles is often a challenging task under sizeable changes in
economic conditions. Business cycles have unique features, varying in duration, intensity …

The article assesses the empirical validity of Okun's law on the relationship between a
country's unemployment and its output with a focus upon the Visegrád Group economies …

This paper reports results from recent Eurofound research on the impact of the crisis on
industrial relations and working conditions in Europe, based on the output of Eurofound's …

Public opinion supports that immigrants take natives' jobs, reduce their salaries, increase
unemployment and harm the national economy as well as disturbing social harmony …