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Civic attitudes and the design of labor market institutions : which countries can implement the Danish flexicurity model?
Algan, Yann (contributor); Cahuc, Pierre (contributor) - 2006
We argue that the efficiency of the Danish flexicurity Model, which combines high unemployment benefits with low job protection and high participation rate, relies on strong public-spiritedness. We also argue that Continental and Mediterranean European countries are unlikely to be able to...
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
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The part-time wage penalty in European countries : how large is it for men?
O'Dorchai, Sile (contributor); Plasman, Robert (contributor) - 2007
penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show …, to 28 per cent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 per cent in the UK and to 149 per cent in Ireland. Human capital differences … explain between 31 per cent of the observed wage gap in the UK and 71 per cent in Denmark. When a larger set of control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003529747
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Inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap : evidence from European countries
Gannon, Brenda; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François; … - 2005
This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set, the 1995 European Structure of Earnings Survey. Findings show the existence of significant inter-industry...
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Comparing apples with oranges : revisiting the gender wage gap in an international perspective
Plasman, Robert (contributor); Sissoko, Salimata (contributor) - 2004
sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002540854
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The establishment-size wage premium : evidence from European countries
Lallemand, Thierry (contributor);  … - 2005
This study examines the magnitude and determinants of the establishment-size wage premium in five European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set. Findings show the existence of a significant positive wage premium in all countries, even when controlling for labour...
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No pain, no gain : the effects of exports on effort, injury, and illness
Hummels, David; Munch, Jakob Roland; Chong, Xiang - 2016
Increased job effort can raise productivity and income but put workers at increased risk of illness and injury. We combine Danish data on individuals' health with Danish matched worker-firm data to understand how rising exports affect individual workers' effort, injury, and illness. We find that...
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From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger : early life conditions and adult health in Ireland
Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P. - 2009
We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality...
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