DIFFERENTIAL IN SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

European Commission Directorate-General For Employment Social Affairs And Inclusion

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Differentials in service industry employment growth: LL· Germany and the US in the comparable IS German American structural database O o co c φ Q. O 3 LU od C Φ ε o CL ε LU Employment & social affairs European Commission Differentials in service industry employment growth: Germany and the US in the comparable German American structural database Employment & social affairs t and European Social Fund European Commission Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs Unit EMPL/A.1 Manuscript completed in 2001 DIFFERENTIALS IN SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT GROWTH: GERMANY AND THE US IN THE COMPARABLE GERMAN AMERICAN STRUCTURAL DATABASE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND MAJOR FINDINGS 2 1. Introduction: Europe's Employment Problem 4 2. The Measurement Error Hypothesis 7 3. Wage-Structure and Characteristics of Industries 11 4. Service Sectors With Differing Employment Experiences6 5. Employment Growth Differentials by wage level 20 6. Low Wage Workers2 7. Wage Compression and Demand for Labour4 8. Wages, Wedges, Consumer Demand, Allocation of Time, and Household Production 2REFERENCES: 28 Appendix I: The Comparable German-American Structural (CGAS) Database9 Appendix II: Equivalent Skill Groups 3Appendix III: Regression modelsLIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES FIGURES Figure 1.1: Employment-population ratios in the US, the EU and Germany (West) 4 Figure 1.2:n ratios, and hours worked per head of the adult population (15-65 years) ....

Sujets

• Economic growth
• Labour economics
• Germany
• United States
• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-EMPLOYMENT_SOCIAL-AFFAIRS-AND-INCLUS
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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