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Instability of the Eurozone? : On monetary policy, house prices and labor market reforms

Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Gros, Daniel (contributor) - 2007

"This paper deals with potential instabilities in the Eurozone stemming from an insufficient interplay between monetary policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we assess the effect of EMU on structural reform and...

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How immigration grease is affected by economic, institutional and policy contexts : evidence from EU labor markets

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2015

responding to changing labor shortages across countries, skill-groups or industries. The diversity across EU member states … enables us to test this hypothesis across various institutional, economic and policy contexts. Drawing on the EU LFS and EU … shortages exceeds that of natives in the EU15, in particular in member states with higher unemployment rates, higher levels of …

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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014

This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...

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What explains immigrant-native gaps in European labor markets : the role of institutions

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2015

-Native gaps in host labor markets. Using the EU LFS we first measure immigrant-native gaps in labor force participation …

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Unemployment benefits and immigration : evidence from the EU

Giulietti, Corrado; Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; … - 2011

immigration flows from EU and non-EU origins. While OLS estimates reveal the existence of a moderate correlation for non-EU … zero causal impact of UBS on immigration. All estimates for immigrants from EU origins indicate that flows within the EU …

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The Europe 2020 Strategy : Can it Maintain the EU’s Competitiveness in the World?

Gros, Daniel - 2012

-depth look at the Europe 2020 strategy and the goals it sets for the EU, with the aim of shedding light on the question of …

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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe

Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022

This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP's European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest a wage...

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The Ill Wind that Blows from Europe : Implications for Canada's Economy

Siklos, Pierre L. - 2014

Speculation about the consequences of a break-up of the eurozone, a worsening sovereign debt crisis or a prolonged recession in the European Union have all in recent years made the headlines. At first glance, the effect that such events might have on the Canadian macroeconomy might appear small....

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The over-education wage penalty among PhD holders : a European perspective

Rycx, François; Santosuosso, Giulia; Vermeylen, Guillaume - 2022

holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and the UK), but also by estimating their wage penalty relative to what they could …

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Looking into the rear-view mirror : lessons from Japan for the Eurozone and the U.S?

Siklos, Pierre L. - In: Asia and the global economy : AGE 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-20

This paper reconsiders the narratives surrounding Japan's economic performance since the 1980s in relation to the experiences of the U.S. and the Eurozone. There are important differences between these three economies and some striking parallels. It is found that the poor reputation of the Bank...

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