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Living in rural areas and self-employment

Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2022

This paper examines whether workers living in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed, compared with those in urban areas. We provide evidence for 35 European countries, using the European Working Conditions Survey for the year 2015. We also study the time devoted to market work, and...

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Rising concentration and wage inequality

Cortes, Guido Matias; Tschopp, Jeanne - 2020

Wage inequality has risen in many countries over recent decades. At the same time, production has become increasingly concentrated in a small number of firms. In this paper, we show that these two phenomena are linked. Theoretically, we show that shocks that increase concentration will also lead...

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Short- vs long-term intergenerational correlations of employment and self-employment in Europe

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020

This paper analyzes the existence of short- and long-term intergenerational correlation of employment and self-employment in European countries, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. Using longitudinal data for the period 2003-2016, fixed effect estimates...

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Decent wage floors in Europe : does the minimum wage directive get it right?

Haapanala, Henri; Marx, Ive; Parolin, Zachary - 2022

The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages represents a watershed initiative adding substance to the EU's social dimension. It contains two ambitious objectives: establishing the minimum level of statutory minimum wages (SMWs) at 60% of the gross median wage, and increasing collective bargaining...

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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

shortages exceeds that of natives in the EU15, in particular in member states with higher unemployment rates, higher levels of …

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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions … countries measured by data from EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that institutions never … affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an …

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Costs and benefits of labor mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries : the case of Poland

Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek; Kaczmarczyk, Paweł - 2013

Poland is a country being exposed to emigration and immigration flows relatively recently. That, among others, results in not fully developed yet institutional infrastructure for managing especially the immigrants flow. In this paper we structure all existing data and other pieces of information...

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The lifetime earnings premium in the public sector : the view from Europe

Dickson, Matt; Postel-Vinay, Fabien; Turon, Hélène - 2014

In a context of widespread concern about budget deficits, it is important to assess whether public sector pay is in line with the private sector. Our paper proposes an estimation of differences in lifetime values of employment between public and private sectors for five European countries. We...

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The EU anchor thesis: transition from socialism, the institutional vacuum and membership in the European Union

Campos, Nauro - 2021

Eastern European and Former Soviet Union countries diverged massively. Institutions are a main reason. The EU anchor thesis …

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Unemployment in the European Union : a dynamic reappraisal

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …

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