The authors analyse high-tech employment and wage trends in the European Union (EU-27) between 2000 and 2011.1 Using a broad industry-occupation framework, we define high-tech workers as those employed in a high-tech industry or a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) occupation. This comprehensive analysis of the high-tech workforce highlights the important role high-tech workers … Continue reading
bustling high-tech region in the south of the Netherlands is doing all it can to attract Europe’s smartest youngsters. In these tough economic times, Eindhoven is turning out to be an eldorado for skilled young people looking for work. Many companies are looking for young workers with specific technical skills. That’s the case of high-tech … Continue reading
Daniel Macias is the face of Silicon Valley seldom seen by those who don’t live there. When he was 19, he wasn’t starting what would become one of the world’s most successful tech companies, like Mark Zuckerberg did at that age when he founded Facebook. Macias spent his 19th birthday behind bars, where he’d been … Continue reading