This paper reviews the existing evidence on workplace training in Europe in different data
sources-the CVTS, OECD data and the European Community Household Panel. We outline …

Youth bulges in develo** countries may carry both a potential for growth via demographic
dividends, and ticking political time bombs, depending on the success of authorities in …

This book focuses on the modeling of the transitions in and out of unemployment, given the
stochastic processes that break up jobs and lead to the formation of new jobs, and on the …

We survey the literature on search-theoretic models of the labor market. We show how this
approach addresses many issues, including the following: Why do workers sometimes …

This paper shows that in a frictional labour market part of the productivity gains from general
training will be captured by future employers. As a result, investments in general skills will be …

A critical assessment is made of endogenous growth theory from the perspective of recent
developments within economics as a discipline. These include its increasing mathematical …

This paper studies how directors' reputational concerns affect board structure, corporate
governance, and firm value. In our setting, directors affect their firms' governance, and …

We analyze the impact of the US skill‐biased immigration influx that took place between
2000 and 2009 within a search and matching model that allows for skill heterogeneity …

Despite wide recognition of their significant role in explaining sustained growth and
economic development, uncompensated knowledge spillovers have not yet been fully …

We construct a search equilibrium model for a city with central and suburban labor markets
that is consistent with the set of empirical regularities commonly associated with the spatial …