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How to Ensure a Skills-Based Future for European Competitiveness

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  • Nurski Laura

    (Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.)

  • Alcidi Cinzia

    (Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.)

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  • Nurski Laura & Alcidi Cinzia, 2025. "How to Ensure a Skills-Based Future for European Competitiveness," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Sciendo, vol. 60(1), pages 11-17.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:intere:v:60:y:2025:i:1:p:11-17:n:1004
    DOI: 10.2478/ie-2025-0004
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    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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