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Chapter 10 Exploring the Determinants of Employment in Europe: The Role of Services

In: Research in Labor Economics

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  • Roberta Serafini
  • Melanie Ward

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Over recent decades both Europe and the United States have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total employment. Although narrowing in all European countries, a significant gap in the share of service jobs relative to the United States still persists. The aim of the chapter is to identify the main drivers of the service sector employment share in the EU-15 as well as its gap relative to the United States. The analysis is carried out for the aggregate service sector, 4 sub-sectors and 12 service sector branches over the period 1970–2003. We find some evidence to support the hypothesis that a number of labour market regulations – such as union density and the degree of centralisation of wage bargaining – together with the mismatch between workers' skills and job vacancies, have affected Europe's ability to adjust efficiently to the reallocation of labour from manufacturing into services. Furthermore, we find significant heterogeneity in the relative weight of the various determinants of the employment share across sub-sectors and branches.

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  • Roberta Serafini & Melanie Ward, 2011. "Chapter 10 Exploring the Determinants of Employment in Europe: The Role of Services," Research in Labor Economics, in: Research in Labor Economics, pages 341-384, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rleczz:s0147-9121(2011)0000033013
    DOI: 10.1108/S0147-9121(2011)0000033013
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