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Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence from European Immigrants in the US

Furtado, Delia - 2011

This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining country of origin differences in divorce rates of immigrants in the United States. Because childhood-arriving immigrants are all exposed to a common set of US laws and institutions, we interpret relationships...

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A European Perspective on Long‐Term Unemployment

Eichhorst, Werner - 2015

In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels. An economic recovery will not be sufficient to get all long-term unemployed back to work; rather, there is a need for effective policies addressing the long-term unemployed. To...

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Occupational Mobility in Europe : Extent, Determinants and Consequences

Bachmann, Ronald - 2019

We examine occupational mobility and its link to wage mobility across a large number of EU countries using worker-level micro data. In doing so, we document the extent, the individual-level determinants and the consequences of occupational mobility in terms of wage outcomes and structural change...

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Crowding Out of Long-Term Care Insurance : Evidence from European Expectations Data

Costa-Font, Joan - 2014

Long-term care (LTC) is the largest insurable risk that old-age individuals face in most western societies. However, the demand for LTC insurance is still ostensibly small in comparison to the financial risk, which is reflected in the formation of expectations of insurance coverage. One...

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Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Heterogeneity during the Great Recession : Evidence from Europe

Bachmann, Ronald - 2015

crisis on transitions between labour market states in Europe. Our analysis focuses on individual heterogeneity, on the type …

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European Identity and Redistributive Preferences

Costa-Font, Joan - 2015

Europe. We draw upon data from the last three decades of waves of the European Values Survey and we examine the impact of …

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Labor Market Reforms in Europe : Towards More Flexicure Labor Markets?

Eichhorst, Werner - 2016

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro‐economic efficiency, workers' wellbeing and repercussions for social cohesion. European countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms...

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Household Division of Labor, Partnerships and Children : Evidence from Europe

Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, Jose Alberto; Sevilla … - 2021

-country differences in partnership formation rates, and the dramatic decrease in partnership formation rates in Southern Europe in … differential impact on partnership formation rates in Northern and Southern Europe due to the different social norms regarding the … partnership formation rates in Southern Europe …

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Crisis, What Crisis? Patterns of Adaptation in European Labor Markets

Eichhorst, Werner - 2010

The current crisis, while of a global nature, has affected national labor markets to a varying extent. While some countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows...

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