Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Employment Dynamics in Leading and Lagging Rural Regions -- 2 Theoretical and Methodological Framework -- 3 Statistical Analysis of Employment Growth in Rural Regions of the EU, 1980-1995 -- 4 Employment Dynamics in Two Neighbouring Rural Regions of Belgium and France -- 5 German Case Studies: Niederbayern and Lüneburg -- 6 Employment Dynamics in Rural Greece: the Case Study Regions of Korinthia and Fthiotis -- 7 Comparison of the Spanish Case Studies: Albacete and Zamora -- 8 Rural France: the Case Study Regions of Les Alpes de Haute Provence and La Nièvre -- 9 Comparison of the Italian Case Studies: Pesaro and Macerata -- 10 Comparison of the Dutch Case Study Regions: Drenthe and Groningen -- 11 Employment in Rural Austria: the Case Study Regions Osttirol and Liezen -- 12 Rural Employment in the Arctic Fringe -- 13 Lessons for Employment Creation in Rural Regions -- Index.