1. Employment Dynamics in Leading and Lagging Rural Regions / Ida J. Terluin and Jaap H. Post -- 2. Theoretical and Methodological Framework / Ida J. Terluin -- 3. Statistical Analysis of Employment Growth in Rural Regions of the EU, 1980-1995 / Roberto Esposti, Frans E. Godeschalk and Tuomas Kuhmonen / [et al.] -- 4. Employment Dynamics in Two Neighbouring Rural Regions of Belgium and France / Bruno Henry de Frahan, Pierre Dupraz and Beatrice Van Haeperen -- 5. German Case Studies: Niederbayern and Luneburg / Heino von Meyer and Danielle Schrobiltgen -- 6. Employment Dynamics in Rural Greece: the Case Study Regions of Korinthia and Fthiotis / Sophia Efstratoglou and Angelos Efstratoglou -- 7. Comparison of the Spanish Case Studies: Albacete and Zamora / Jordi Rosell, Lourdes Viladomiu and Gemma Frances -- 8. Rural France: the Case Study Regions of Les Alpes de Haute Provence and La Nievre / Jean-Pierre Bertrand and Bernard Roux -- 9. Comparison of the Italian Case Studies: Pesaro and Macerata / Roberto Esposti and Franco Sotte -- 10. Comparison of the Dutch Case Study Regions: Drenthe and Groningen / Ida J. Terluin, Jaap H. Post and Anita J. Wisselink -- 11. Employment in Rural Austria: the Case Study Regions Osttirol and Liezen / Franz Weiss -- 12. Rural Employment in the Arctic Fringe / Tuomas Kuhmonen and Olli Aulaskari -- 13. Lessons for Employment Creation in Rural Regions / Ida J. Terluin, Jaap H. Post and Heino von Meyer / [et al.]