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Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to Do about It?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...

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Health Risk Factors among the Older European Populations: Personal and Country Effects

García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; Neuman, Tzahi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and Retirement Europe (SHARE) is used for the exploration of the full spectrum …

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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?

Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...

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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States

García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

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Who Cares for You at Home? Personal and Household Services in Europe

Angermann, Annette; Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Personal and household services have grown in importance as a potential area of employment creation. By formalizing personal and household services, not only can service jobs be created with providers, but also private households can be relieved from informal work in order that women in...

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Unravelling Secularization: An International Study

Neuman, Shoshana; Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as ‘no religion’. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones, personal attributes and marriage variables)...

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Youth Unemployment in Mediterranean Countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current situation in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In all countries school dropout rates are high, returns to education are low and the transition from education to work is...

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The Effects of the Recent Economic Crisis on Social Protection and Labour Market Arrangements across Socio-Economic Groups

Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Mathias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...

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