Showing 1 - 10 of 27
, unemployment, and economic inactivity between 1996 and 2011. In our analyses, we distinguish between fixedterm employment, solo …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010208432
This discussion paper describes the extent of social inequalities both within and between the countries of the European Union. In the first three chapters we address the micro level of individual life courses: education, employment and income. The following chapters analyse the societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430026
This chapter examines the distributional effects of place-based policies in the EU. In a first step, it characterizes existing income inequalities in the EU and distinguishes between their interregional and intraregional dimensions. A key result is that inequalities within European regions make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577516
EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May 2011. Taking into account that not all immigrantsstay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper classifies recent EUimmigrants into “new arrivals” and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821802
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011967070
-to-specific testing strategy reveals a recursive structure where only the unemployment rate and long-term interest rates are directly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774367
This paper emphasizes the two-way causality between the provision of unemployment insurance and the cultural … generate a lag between the introduction of unemployment insurance and a deterioration of the work ethic. Relying on a … calibration, I argue that it can account for a substantial fraction of the history of European unemployment since World War II. As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868513
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003385168
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657306
the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302705