DEMPATEM working papers are published on behalf of the DEMPATEM research project by the
project coordinators, Wiemer Salverda and Ronald Schettkat.
The DEMPATEM working papers are available online as PDF-files at http://www.uva-
aias.net/lower.asp?id=186; exceptionally paper copies will be made available on request (see
address below). The DEMPATEM working papers are intended to make the results of the
DEMPATEM-research available to all persons interested. They aim to stimulate discussion.
Comments are welcome.
The DEMPATEM research project (2001-2004) addressed Demand Patterns and Employment
Growth: Consumption and Services in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom
and the United States. It was a joint undertaking of the Universities of Amsterdam, Utrecht,
Oxford and Paris-I Sorbonne, and the University Carlos III in Madrid, University College London
and 17th Street Economics, Washington DC. The project was financially supported by the Socio-
economic Key Action of the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission (HPSE-
CT-2001-00089). List of the full project membership and all working papers can be found at the
end of the paper.
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