[lbo-talk] Old Europe catches up

[Doug Henwood]

Interesting paper from John Schmitt and Dean Baker at CEPR: much of  
Old Europe has either caught up or even surpassed U.S. employment  
rates (employed/population, aka the employment/population ratio) for  
prime-age workers (25-54). Sweden is now well ahead of the U.S.

See <http://www.cepr.net/publications/europe_2006_09_19.pdf>.