Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153059 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 625
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total employment. Although converging in all European countries, a significant gap in the growth of service jobs in Europe relative to the US persists. Understanding the main factors behind this gap is key to achieving higher employment levels in Europe. This paper focuses on the role of barriers in the EU-15 which may have hindered its ability to absorb labour supply and therefore to adjust efficiently to the sectoral reallocation of labour. We find that a crucial role in this process has been played by the institutional framework affecting the setting up of new businesses and by the mismatch between workers’ skills and job vacancies.
Subjects: 
employment share
Europe
institutions in the labour and product market
sectoral adjustment
services
US
JEL: 
E24
J21
J23
J24
L80
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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