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Educational attainment, age and the consequences of job loss : empirical evidence from Germany
Effenberger, Alexandra; Lauber, Verena; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2019
Education is a crucial determinant of labour market success. We investigate whether education is an appropriate means to cushion the negative consequences of job loss and study the role of age as a second major labour market factor. Using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data for the years...
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Public opinion and the acceptance and feasibility of educational reforms
Busemeyer, Marius R.; Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662781
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Trading firms and trading costs in services : firm-level analysis
Rouzet, Dorothée; Benz, Sebastian; Spinelli, Francesca - 2017
engaged in international markets, drawing on micro-data from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779469
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Which skills for the digital era? : returns to skills analysis
Grundke, Robert; Marcolin, Luca; Nguyen, The Linh Bao; … - 2018
This paper sheds light on the extent to which different types of skills are rewarded as industries go digital. It relies on information from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills on labour market participation and workers’ skills for 31 countries as well as on a novel OECD index on the digital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822202
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Services trade and labour market outcomes in the United Kingdom
Lassmann, Andrea; Spinelli, Francesca - 2020
Services trade has become increasingly important, yet its impact on employment has been understudied at present. This paper uses fine-grained data on firm- and worker-level information to shed light on the impact of services trade on employment and wages in the United Kingdom. It finds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432842
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Workforce composition, productivity and pay : the role of firms in wage inequality
Criscuolo, Chiara; Hijzen, Alexander; Schwellnus, Cyrille; … - 2020
In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity gaps between firms may have contributed to both developments. This paper uses a new harmonised cross-country linked employer-employee dataset for 14 OECD countries to analyse the...
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The drivers of labour earnings inequality : an analysis based on conditional and unconditional quantile regressions
Fournier, Jean-Marc; Koske, Isabell - 2012
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Workforce composition, productivity and pay : the role of firms in wage inequality
Criscuolo, Chiara; Hijzen, Alexander; Schwellnus, Cyrille; … - 2020
In many OECD countries, low productivity growth has coincided with rising inequality. Widening wage and productivity gaps between firms may have contributed to both developments. This paper uses a new harmonised cross-country linked employer-employee dataset for 14 OECD countries to analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312260
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Strengthening the governance of skills systems : lessons from six OECD countries
OECD - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251048
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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy
Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019
This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package … significantly strengthens Italy’s low income protection system but can also financially discourage recipients from working. The … results of the in-depth chapter of the OECD 2019 Economic Survey of Italy (2019[1]) on social and regional disparities. …
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